Although in a substantial minority, Kurt Zellers and the House Republicans have come out with an aggressive pro-growth platform in the first days of the 2010 legislative session. In stark contrast to the same old spending advocated by the DFL majority, the message is clear—we want more jobs and a more business friendly environment—now. This release from MNGOP today points to a fighting minority that is on the side of business and the will of the people.
House Republicans this afternoon on the House floor jumped out in front of DFLers who are fast-tracking a nearly $1 billion capital projects bill.
House Republicans, who hold a 47-vote minority to the DFLer’s 87-vote majority, tried to suspend the rules of the House in order to take up a bill that would phase-out the state’s corporate income tax over a period of 10 years. The bill is sponsored by Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove.
Rep. Laura Brod, R-New Prague, said lowering businesses’ costs would help get people back to work faster than the proposed bonding bill that borrows money to pay for construction projects.
I've spent much of the life of this blog - eight years, now - railing against the evils of smearing by association.
It's a particularly slimy tactic in the hands of the not-very-bright, on all sides of the putative political aisle. Being a conservative, I bag on particularly egregiously stupid examples from the left (like this, that, the other thing, this, and of course this), but of course it's not limited to a party. Much.
Still, there are those from whom we expect better. Or like to think we do.
The first reaction I had when I read that President Obama has finally invited Republicans to the White House to talk about health care was "What took you so long?" The next thought I had was whether he'd insist that some of their ideas be included in a health care bill. Anything's possible but I'll stay skeptical until there's proof that this isn't just a presidential photo-op.
The Feb. 25 meeting's prospects for success are far from clear. GOP leaders demanded Sunday that Democrats start from scratch, and White House aides said Obama had no plans to do so.
Years ago, my uncle taught me what's now an old saying. The saying goes like this: "There's no sense making anything idiot-proof. They'll just build a better idiot." That appears to be the case with the Twin Cities media scene.
For years, bloggers like Mitch Berg and John Hinderaker have ridiculed Nick Coleman with their dissections of his mentally incoherent columns. Many is the time I've enjoyed watching these talented bloggers turn Nick Coleman's writings into examples of deranged liberal incompetence.
