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Poll Says " Put simply, the race is wide open, and any one of these three candidates could win". U of M pollster Larry Jacobs.
Dear Independents,
We have excellent polling news. Tom Horner is in the teens and it isn't even September. He has a plurality of independent voters, something last seen in the Ventura/Penny era. Finally while he is talking solutions, the mud throwers from the other two parties have scared off 1/3 of their parties. If this were a football game, it would look something like this:
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Horner campaign releases the only honest budget that works for Minnesota
Click here for the budget release.
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Mark Dayton and Tom Emmer aren't walking the talk on negative campaigning! Want to know who is behind it?
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Yesterday's StarTribune article about the Dayton campaign calling for a cease-fire in negative attack ads was a pretty hollow ploy. Tom Emmer's response was easily as ridiculous. The king of this political porn on the Republican side is the Republican Party Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb. Seems pretty easy for Mr. Emmer to end the attack ads. Just call Brodkorb up!
Even more of a cynical ploy is coming from the left, namely the queen of political porn in Minnesota...Denise Cardinal, head of the Alliance for a Better Minnesota. The Alliance is a supposed outside group that Senator Dayton can't control. How outside are they? We looked at their campaign finance report and found receipts in excess of $1.6 million. Strange thing is that these receipts only came from two other PACS, Win Minnesota and the 2010 Fund. Donating to the Alliance must have been easy...they share neighboring office suites in St. Paul. Want to guess who the major contributors are to Win Minnesota? The Dayton and Cowles families (the former owners of the newspaper which published only half the story).
Mark Dayton's call for a ceasefire was a joke, although no less so than Tom Emmer's agreement). The facts above can point to no other conclusion.
If people make such misleading claims on negative campaigning, how will you trust them with the keys to government?
Our party has always stood for telling the truth, giving answers, and providing solutions ... no matter how uncomfortable they may be. We are really tired of two-faced politics. This year we decided to show two faces.
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"Bean Poll" results from the Dakota County Fair
Posted Friday, 20 August 2010 by Brian Faas
Thank you to all the fair-goers that visited our booth! We enjoyed listening to you and exchanging ideas about how we can all work together to bring about positive change for Minnesota. Another big thanks to everyone who shared their opinions in our annual Bean Poll. About 800 people participated in the 2010 edition of the poll which was conducted in the Independence Party booth from August 10-15. Participants were asked to read each question, then pick what they thought was the one best answer, or the one about which they felt most strongly. They would then drop a bean into the jar corresponding to their answer. And here are the results ...! Continue reading
U of M Professor declares Tom Horner winner of debate!
Posted Friday, 13 August 2010 by Peter Tharaldson
"Horner is tonight's winner. This is the first time in his campaign that he has been functionally level with the other two parties. He at times managed to stake out the 'reasonable third way' space." --U of M Communication Professor John Logie quoted on Minnesota Update Blog. Continue reading
...here's the operative quote: 'When underdogs choose not to play by Goliath's rules, they win.'
Jack Uldrich in "How the IP Can Win" Join the discussion
IP Congressional Candidates in Farmfest Debate
Posted Wednesday, 04 August 2010 by Brian Faas Comments (1)
Two Independence Party candidates for U.S. Congress -- Glen Menze (District 7) and Steven Wilson (District 1) -- sparred with their Democratic and Republican rivals in the 2010 edition of the Farmfest political debate. Also notable was the fact that Republicans John Kline (District 2) and Michele Bachmann (District 6), opted to sit out. Apparently, they had seen GOP gov hopeful Tom Emmer stick his foot in his mouth too many times and didn't want to risk the same outcome for themselves at Farmfest. Continue reading
Check out our endorsed candidates for State Senate
Posted Thursday, 15 July 2010 by Peter Tharaldson
Find websites and social media contacts for all of our endorsed candidates -- Mark Jenkins, Amy E. Smith, Tim Biros, and John McCallum -- here! Continue reading
Graceville, MN: Let's start growing it again with the Horner-Mulder vitality plan
Posted Thursday, 15 July 2010 by Peter Tharaldson
Graceville is a wonderful little town in western Minnesota. It's in the middle of that hump that sticks west into South Dakota. There's a beautiful lake, a hospital and nursing home, a thriving implement dealer and a high school serving three communities. There's a strong agricultural base of wheat, soybeans and corn. What does Graceville need more of to preserve its great quality of life? People. The current population is now 605, but in 1980 it was 780. Fifty years ago it was 1200 -- and a century ago it was bigger than Miami! Continue reading
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