The Daily Digest: 7-9-07
The war in Iraq leads the digest today. The Star Tribune says anti-war groups are targeting GOP Sen. Norm Coleman.
AP says Coleman is one of the GOP Senators who are trying to thread the political needle on Iraq and wonders if he'll be the next GOP Senator to walk away from President Bush.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz says the troop surge has failed.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann just held a conference call regarding her visit to Iraq and the Middle East. She came away "committed to securing the safety of the American people." She also said she didn't think the media is giving a complete balanced view of the situation and "the media needs to focus more on who the bad guys are." She would also only take questions from a select few reporters (AP, St. Cloud Times and KNSI).
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Congress
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar says more toy inspectors are needed. She made the comments at a field hearing this morning.
Norm Coleman also writes a letter urging the U.N. Secretary General to protect a U.N. worker.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and GOP Rep. Jim Ramstad target pool safety legislation. GOP Rep. John Kline also signed on to the bill in March.
The Mankato Free Press says Walz is listening to seniors.
AP says a Farm Bill battle looms over crop subsidies.
Atheists applaud DFL Rep. Keith Ellison for calling for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.
Legislature and State Government
The Pi Press writes about Pat Anderson laying off herself (DOER is going bye-bye).
A "mistake" may be costly for free health care clinics.
2008
The Rochester Post Bulletin says eleven candidates are vying for Rep. Steve Sviggum's statehouse seat. The endorsing conventions are tonight.
The paper also says Arizona Senator John McCain is raising money in Rochester.
WCCO-TV's Pat Kessler takes a look at Preston and does some interesting zip code stuff.
Al Franken's campaign reports that they raised more than $1.9 million in the second quarter.