Minnesota IP:We'll take banned GOPers

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports

The Minnesota Independence Party has a message for Republicans: Our doors are open.

The IP announced this morning that they “welcome” GOPers who have been temporarily banned from Republican Party activities for supporting Horner.

IP chair Jack Uldrich accused GOP chair Tony Sutton of using Arne Carlson, Al Quie and Dave Durenberger as a “scapegoat” for Emmer’s performance in the election….

Uldrich added that the IP has grown past the point of “taking” votes from either the left or the right.

“It is the DFL and GOP who took votes from Horner. And Tony Sutton is acknowledging as much with his actions.”

Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune @ http://tinyurl.com/236gfxt

IPR has previously reported on Republican Party actions taken against 18 Republicans who backed Independence Party candidate Tom Horner for Govenor: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/12/minnesota-republican-party-punishes-office-holders-who-supported-independence-party-nominee/

Opeach Obama, I mean, is this the best we can do? [Lake] December 21, 2010

GOP ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL

[Rearraigning the Deck Chairs …………]

HOPE YEN and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press – 13 minutess ago

WASHINGTON – Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census ………..

Michigan was the only state to lose population during the past decade. Nevada, with a 35 percent increase, was the fastest-growing state.

The new numbers are a boon for Republicans, with Texas leading the way among GOP-leaning states that will gain House seats, mostly at the Rust Belt’s expense.

For the first time in its history, Democratic-leaning California will not gain a House seat after a census.

The average population of a new U.S. House district will be 710,767. But each state must have at least one district. So Wyoming, the least populous state with 563,626 residents, will have a representative with considerably fewer constituents. Six other states will have one House member. Each state has two U.S. senators, regardless of population.

The U.S. is still growing quickly relative to other developed nations. The population in France and England each increased roughly 5 percent over the past decade, while in Japan the number is largely unchanged, and Germany’s population is declining. China grew at about 6 percent; Canada’s growth rate is roughly 10 percent.

The South had the fastest growth since 2000, at 14.3 percent, the Census Bureau said. The West was close behind at 13.8 percent. The Northeast had 3.2 percent growth while the Midwest had 3.9 percent.

The 2010 census results also are used to distribute more than $400 billion in annual federal aid and will change each state’s Electoral College votes beginning in the 2012 presidential election.

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Opeach Obama, I mean, is this the best we can do? [Lake] December 21, 2010
GOP ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL
[Rearraigning the Deck Chairs …………]
HOPE YEN and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press – 13 minutess ago
WASHINGTON – Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census ………..
Michigan was the only state to lose population during the past decade. Nevada, with a 35 percent increase, was the fastest-growing state.
The new numbers are a boon for Republicans, with Texas leading the way among GOP-leaning states that will gain House seats, mostly at the Rust Belt’s expense.
For the first time in its history, Democratic-leaning California will not gain a House seat after a census.
The average population of a new U.S. House district will be 710,767. But each state must have at least one district. So Wyoming, the least populous state with 563,626 residents, will have a representative with considerably fewer constituents. Six other states will have one House member. Each state has two U.S. senators, regardless of population.
The U.S. is still growing quickly relative to other developed nations. The population in France and England each increased roughly 5 percent over the past decade, while in Japan the number is largely unchanged, and Germany’s population is declining. China grew at about 6 percent; Canada’s growth rate is roughly 10 percent.
The South had the fastest growth since 2000, at 14.3 percent, the Census Bureau said. The West was close behind at 13.8 percent. The Northeast had 3.2 percent growth while the Midwest had 3.9 percent.
The 2010 census results also are used to distribute more than $400 billion in annual federal aid and will change each state’s Electoral College votes beginning in the 2012 presidential election.

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Minnesota IP:We’ll take banned GOPers

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