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(Long Past) Time For Instant Run-Off Voting!

Dayton – Emmer Recount Twice in two years, Minnesota is mired in what could be a messy, protracted statewide election recount. It didn’t have to be this way. “Instant run-off voting” — also known as “ranked-choice voting” — would have resolved the gubernatorial race by Wednesday morning. No expensive legal challenges. No cross-allegations of balloting...
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Shhh!! Don’t Tell the Tea Partiers

“Hands Off My Mortga . . . Oops! Never Mind!” As best I can tell, the tea party movement is angry about out-of-control government intrusion into people’s lives. Apparently, they’re not aware of the following factoid: There were $390 billion in new mortgage origination’s in the last quarter of 2009. Excluding home equity lines, Fannie...
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