Try as she might, there are occasions when Sen. Amy Klobuchar can’t please everyone. Last month the DFL freshman senator drew national headlines when teen idol Justin Bieber declared that she should be “locked up” for sponsoring legislation that would make streaming unlicensed online content a felony.

It was just a month ago that Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak got a call from the political director at the Democratic National Committee, who wanted to know he if was interested in serving as one of five vice chairs of the group.

In many ways, the closing statements being made via 30-second TV spot in the race for governor echo the tone of the whole campaign since around Labor Day. Ahead of Tuesday's vote, the campaigns of Republican Tom Emmer and Democrat Mark Dayton are doubling down on their respective messages - and seeking to convince skeptics that each is a swell guy to boot.

Independence Party gubernatorial nominee Tom Horner started the week gone by looking like a candidate destined to fulfill his party's customary spoiler role in the Minnesota governor's race. By Thursday, however, Horner had:

Word that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was leading in key battleground states circulated rapidly on the Internet on Election Day afternoon. The news had ...