I think things are more confused now than in several years, and I think the reason is that the governor is vacillating on it. He's all for it, but he's not doing anything about it. I am certain that his behavior is at the center of the Twins' frustration.

cannot do it for everybody. . . . If you're selling a really unusual candidate, then wacky ads can work.

If you can build a narrative around a series of seemingly related events, it becomes more compelling, and this narrative fits together very well for Democrats.

No Minnesota voter under the age of 53 has ever been able to vote for Walter Mondale for Senate.

It's likely the next nominee will not be as bulletproof as Roberts, ... Bush is going to do what he wants to do. If he has to fight for it, he's still going to get what he wants. This is not an administration that blinks.

It's likely the next nominee will not be as bulletproof as Roberts. Bush is going to do what he wants to do. If he has to fight for it, he's still going to get what he wants. This is not an administration that blinks.

It's the opposite of Teflon, ... What would we call it? Velcro? President Bush lately has been a Velcro president.

It's one less Minnesotan on committees dealing with national policies as they relate to Minnesota.

A common focus is to curb the social cost of behavior of young people.

This president is not the esteemed public figure he was four years ago when he had considerable capital and high job-approval ratings and was able to leverage that into success in the mid-term elections. Now he's in reduced circumstances politically, but that doesn't mean you abandon the field and give up trying to help candidates and your party.