Larry Jacobs
Larry Jacobs
democratic dominance gone situation
We've gone from a situation of Democratic dominance to parity.
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St. Paul is still a Democratic town, and Chris Coleman is getting the political benefits from a lot of left-of-center voters who are out for Randy Kelly's head.
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If they can get into a debate with the major party candidates, then they've got an opportunity.
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Minnesota has a very efficient health care system compared to other states. In a way, the inefficient states are getting rewarded.
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One, seniors tend not to retire in Minnesota. And therefore, a lot of the Social Security money is not coming back to Minnesota, and particularly the Medicare and Medicaid kind of money you would see flowing to New York and in particularly, Florida.
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No one state is the same. You wouldn't want to look at that ranking and think 'Minnesotans are getting screwed' because that really isn't the case.
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I think this story is going to die from lack of oxygen.
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If the House is able to pass the stadium bill, it will probably become law.
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We're losing a very powerful and influential voice in Washington. It's going to hurt.
asking questions
He started asking questions and being who he is.
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If you put yourself in the shoes of Minnesota workers who are facing layoffs, or have seen their wages stagnate, the idea of the immigrant as the scapegoat, there's a certain resonance to that.
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Clearly, they're reaching out to the voters who are tired of the same old thing, who are disaffected. They cast a pretty powerful persona as truth-seekers.
asked behind rarely
They're asked for a lot. They're rarely given. When they are given, they're rarely accepted. Apologies rarely put things behind politicians.
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It's not like he took this for granted.