Stamp Them When They’re Small

Welcome to Tuesday, also known as “Alamo Day” for Senator Clinton. Will she do it, or will she be humbled? We’ll know soon enough. The one thing you can count on are insightful letters from the fans of this humble blog answered blithely by me. I’ll start with a favorite topic:

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Schooled

This last week has been an important one in Minnesota political history. The DFL controlled Legislature succeeded in schooling the Republican Governor with three well-placed blows that may have greatly undercut his power for the rest of his term, not ending until 2011. More importantly, the way they accomplished it may mark an important turning point in our state’s history. It is nothing less than an important lesson in the fundamentals of power and how to use it.

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