Sunday, December 24, 2017

Trump, Taxes, and the Triumph of Ideology: Why the tax plan may cost Republicans Congress and why it may be worth it to them

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Emerging conventional wisdom among Democrats, pundits, and political scientists is that the Republican tax bill is a potential political dis...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Tax, Class, and the Limits of Identity Politics

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Identity politics fiddled while America burned. The passage of the Trump-Republican tax plan–along with the 40 years of increasing econom...
Friday, December 15, 2017

Tina Smith, Michelle Fischbach, and Minnesota Constitutional Politics

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The selection of Tina Smith by Governor Mark Dayton to replace Al Franken as US Senator is degenerating  into a political fight that ultima...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

A Tale of Two Senate Seats: What We Learned from Alabama and Minnesota

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Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in Alabama and Mark Dayton picks his Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith to replace Al Franken in Minnesota.  What s...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

And the winner is: Why Mark Dayton should pick Melisa Franzen to replace Al Franken

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Speculation is at a fever pitch regarding who Governor Dayton should select to replace Al Franken as US Senator.  There are many contending...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

The Curse: Law and Politics of Senate Vacancies in Minnesota

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The Minnesota Senate seat held by Al Franken appears to be cursed. With his resignation over sexual harassment allegations and Governor D...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Entirely Unsurprising New Minnesota Budget Deficit

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So yet again the Minnesota State budget is in the red.  The fiscal forecast projects a $186 million deficit for the remainder  of the bien...