The indictment of Paul Manafort by New York state prosecutors on Wednesday is a shot across the bow of the presidency.
Read More »Commentary: Sources of surprise in the coming elections
What will shape the outcome of the 2018 elections nationally and in Minnesota?
Read More »Commentary: Key Minnesota races highly competitive
Democrats lead in races for both Senate seats and the governorship, but only in one case — Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s 53-38 percent lead over Jim Newberger — does the race appear to be noncompetitive.
Read More »Commentary: Blue wave or Trump trend in Minnesota?
Let’s consider several aspects of the primary and post-primary situations to parse the big question.
Read More »Commentary: A blizzard of candidates for Minnesota in 2018
The confusion at the DFL convention suggested the renewed timeliness of the Will Rogers’ crack from 1935: “I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”
Read More »Law says troops can’t be cops; history disagrees
Trump’s plan for sending troops to the border raised alarm bells about possible violations of the 19th-century Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids the military from active involvement in civilian law enforcement.
Read More »Commentary: The fallout from Franken’s Senate resignation
How has the state and national political world changed?
Read More »Assessing Trump’s ‘political capital’ after 100 days
Now that he has occupied the White House for a bit more than 100 days, how is Donald Trump faring politically?
Read More »Five challenges for national, state Republicans
The Republican Party now has total control of our national legislature and executive and is newly empowered with control of Minnesota’s state Legislature. That brings ...
Read More »Constitutional suit against Trump faces hurdles
The headline issue in the first lawsuit against President Donald Trump is whether it is a violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution for ...
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