Residual Forces (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... Tony Sutton is supposedly angling for the Chairman position as is former Senator Rod Grams. I think it is time to start a draft Grams movement so we can be ready for battle. If this thing is done behind the scenes and with out public knowledge, we could simply see rearranging of deckchairs. We need new and experienced leaders. Rod Grams would be a great State Party Chairman....
Residual Forces (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... play big in how he is received as an agent of change who has been on the inside for decades. ) Rod Grams (Former US Senator and rock ribbed conservative. He’s captured some momentum from a “draft” movement. ) Joe Repya (A true American hero lost a bid last time to unseat Carey. There is some baggage involved with him from some party business meetings. So far though he is the only one who...
Wright County Republican (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Come one come all to the big tent known as the MNGOP. Let's encourage anyone who wants to run for party leadership to step up and get the word out on their candidacy. To that end please visit www.DraftRodGrams.com , a new site to rally support for Rod Grams run for chair. More details about Rod will be added to the site in the coming days.
A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... changed. The first signs of GOP softening came in 2000, with a Mark Dayton victory over Senator Rod Grams and a soft four-point margin for Bush over Gore. After several cycles of shifting, Rochester completed it's transition to a Democratic-leaning community having voted for Barack Obama by nine points. Considering that most of the rest of the district has been more politically competitive,...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
... year’s Republican National Convention (RNC) and for two years a staff member for former U.S. Sen. Rod Grams (R-Minn.)... In an interview with the Minnesota Independent, Rouen said that he worked for Grams’ campaign as well from 1999 to 2000. He said while that level of partisan activity is in his past — he called work for the “Vote Yes Minnesota” referendum campaign his most partisan...
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... to comprehend. How do you explain a state that within the span of a few years elected former Sen. Rod Grams, a strict fiscal and social conservative; Sen. Mark Dayton, a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, and former Gov. Jesse Ventura, a rough-edged, third-party maverick?"I've split my ticket lots of times," said Tom DeMarais, 70, of Foley. "Sometimes it's not always people from one party who you...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... to comprehend. How do you explain a state that within the span of a few years elected former Sen. Rod Grams, a strict fiscal and social conservative; Sen. Mark Dayton, a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, and former Gov. Jesse Ventura, a rough-edged, third-party maverick?"I've split my ticket lots of times," said Tom DeMarais, 70, of Foley. "Sometimes it's not always people from one party who you...
Time (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... bestowing statewide office to politicians of every stripe, from doctrinaire conservatives (Rod Grams) and old-school liberals (Paul Wellstone) to a flaky, funky former professional wrestler (Jessie Ventura). Al Gore and John Kerry both beat George W. Bush in Minnesota, but by surprisingly slim margins. And in the 2006 midterms, when Democrats were knocking off incumbent Republicans across...
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
... have actually been mildly interesting; Jim Gibson, the 2000 Senate candidate who ran against Rod Grams and Brave Sir Mark Dayton, was a thoughtful candidate with a lot of positions that could attract a conservative - indeed, had Grams been significantly ahead in the polls that year (he lost to Brave Sir Mark), I thought about voting for Gibson. Lars Ulrich Jack Uldrich, the IP candidate...
