Archive for 2010
Minnesota Twins Notch 5th Best Home Record for New MLB Stadiums in Modern Era
Twins’ 53-28 record (.654) at home during the 2010 season is the fifth best home winning percentage among the 20 MLB franchises who have opened up new stadiums over the past 21 years
Read MoreIowa Democrats Bracing for Bloodbath in 2010 State House Elections
Democrats fail to field a candidate in 25 of 100 Iowa House contests – most by any major party since the lower chamber became a 100-member body in 1970
Read MoreTwitter Wars: Tarryl Clark vs. Michele Bachmann
Clark campaign delivers twelve times as many ‘tweet attacks’ as Bachmann
Read MorePollster Interest in Minnesota Gubernatorial Race Only Up Slightly from 2006
Modest uptick in polling at this point in the campaign is a bit curious considering 2010 is an open-seat race with three viable candidates
Read MoreWill Minnesotans Turn out to Vote in Record Numbers this Midterm Election?
Pollsters’ numbers suggest turnout may well exceed 2002’s record 64.9 percent mark, but are those numbers reliable?
Read MoreTea Party, The Movie: Panned by Critics, Loved by Audiences
Elite-public gap in evaluation of Tea Party movement as seen through the lens of Hollywood
Read MoreHistory Predicts Republicans Will Gain 19 Seats in Minnesota House in 2010
Study of midterm elections since 1954 finds party out of power in the White House makes double digit gains in Minnesota House more than 60 percent of the time
Read MoreTwins Clinch, But Division Victory Not Unusual in Year 1 of New Stadium
More than one-third of baseball franchises win their division in first year of new stadium out of 20 teams since 1989; only two have finished in last place
Read MoreWill Representative Mark Buesgens’ Arrest Put House District 35B in Play? (Not Likely)
HD 35 has averaged a 28-point GOP tilt in top of the ticket races since redistricting in 2002
Read MoreWhen Alaska and Delaware Come Full Circle
Republican Party leaders and Tea Party Express rail against Murkowski’s write-in bid whilst supporting O’Donnell who similarly launched ’06 write-in campaign after GOP primary loss
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