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Says US should be more like China - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
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‘What I would do is look at the programs that L.B.J. gave us with the Great Society and they’d be gone,’ said Bachmann

Michele Bachmann supports $690 million bridge project in district - TheDC

| Alex Pappas
Bachmann Bridge

Critics say bridge connecting 20,000-person town is the next ‘bridge to nowhere’

Minn. leaders make deal to end government shutdown - AP

| admin
Minnesota Government Shutdown

Gov. Mark Dayton said the state government would be back in business ‘very soon’

Minnesota bars run out of liquor due to shutdown - Star Tribune

| InternAdmin

‘It’s going to cripple our industry’

Minnesota's governor takes a page out of the Obama playbook

| Joshua Culling

Gov. Dayton is supporting a state debt commission similar to the Simpson-Bowles commission.

Pawlenty attacks bipartisan commission to end Minnesota government shutdown - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
Minnesota Government Shutdown Commission

‘I commend the Republicans in the Legislature for sticking to their guns’

Fmr. VP Walter Mondale enlisted to negotiate end to MN government shutdown - WaPo

| InternAdmin

‘The Minnesota state government shut down at midnight Friday morning, after a six-month impasse over how to close a $5 billion budget gap’

Minnesota government enters shutdown over budget impasse - AP

| admin
Minnesota Government Shutdown

Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton demands that legislature raise taxes on rich, Republicans refuse

Minnesota melee: Bachmann hits Pawlenty - TheDC

| Caroline May
Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty

Bachmann quotes Pawlenty saying he was interested in Massachusetts’ health care model

Minnesota says 'no thanks' to Pawlenty, Bachmann for 2012 - TheDC

| Caroline May
Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty

Public Policy Polling poll shows 28 percent of state’s voters favor Pawlenty run, 14 percent back Bachmann

Pawlenty hits up Minn. donors, saying he needs money for 'Buick' campaign - AP

| Paul Conner (admin)
Republicans NH

Aides call Wednesday his biggest fundraising event of the financial quarter

Minn. mayor bitten on the face by man during attempted robbery - Duluth News Tribune

| Paul Conner (admin)

Mayor pursued suspects, earned an inch-long gash on side of head

Jumping the gun: Pawlenty says 'I'm running;' Not official, says campaign - AP

| admin

Pawlenty moved quickly Tuesday to knock down a CNN story that appeared to show him officially entering the race

In first quarter, Bachmann beats out Romney in fundraising - Fox News

| interns

The likely Republican presidential candidate’s PAC took in $500,000 while her Congressional reelection fund scored $1.7 million

Department of Played-Out Schticks

| Mickey Kaus

Dept. of Played-Out Schticks

Bachmann to form exploratory committee in June, CNN reports - CNN

| interns

Source says Bachmann presidential run will begin in early summer

NBA referee calls foul, sues over AP reporter's tweet - St. Paul Pioneer Press

| interns

The suit alleges that an AP reporter intended to imply that veteran ref Bill Spooner ‘[made] a false officiating call’ on behalf of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Prosecutors: Minn. man 'hunted' suicidal victims - AP

| admin

Prosecutors say William Melchert-Dinkel used alter egos to stalk victims and get them to commit suicide for the ‘thrill of the chase’

Former senator-turned staffer takes reins for Minnesota freshman - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

Freshman Rep. Chip Cravaack, Minnesota Republican, hires former United States senator Rod Grams as his chief of staff