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Summary: Today, the Star Tribune — Minnesota’s largest and most influential newspaper — has an extraordinary editorial that speaks to the core issues in Minnesota’s 2010 gubernatorial race and whose thesis encapsulates what has been Independence Party candidate Tom Horner’s key message from the outset: If Minnesotans want bold leadership in the governor’s office, it has to start with bold leadership from voters on Election Day, Nov. 2. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 12, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that veteran journalist Al Eisele of the Capitol Hill newspaper, “The Hill,” made astute first-hand observations of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s behavior from the gallery at President Barack Obama’s Sept. 10, 2009 address on health care reform before a Joint Session of Congress, noting that he had “never seen anyone display the disdainful attitude toward a president” that Bachmann did.



Summary: The Tom Horner for Governor of Minnesota campaign has released a TV ad for the general election campaign, titled “Eyeballs.” … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 23, 2009 Aubrey Immelman reported that as public support for the Afghanistan war eroded, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said the security situation in Afghanistan was serious and deteriorating.