Quote of the day

“We needed a man of peace and he is from a peaceful place, Minnesota.”

—Mohamed Ali Farah

Tinklenberg drops out of Minnesota 6

I'm with Jazz at TMV:

This should open up the runway a bit for Assistant State Senate Majority Leader Tarryl Clark, who I let you know about before. Given the current trajectory of this Congress, particularly in matters of minding the public purse, I’m leaning heavily toward getting as many Republicans elected next year as possible. I will, however, make an exception in the case of Minnesota 6 and send a donation to whoever winds up running against [Michele Bachmann (R-Mars)]. That’s a special kind of crazy that we don’t need in the United States Congress, no matter which way she votes on any given bill.

Photo of the day

Al Franken is sworn in as the junior senator from Minnesota by Vice President Joe Biden on July 7. Franken's wife, Franni, holds the Bible.

And then there were sixty

Coleman finally concedes, so Democrats will have 60 Senators, including independents who caucus with them.

Red river flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota

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