Twin Cities Politicians Say Romney Won First Presidential Debate

Looking energetic and sounding "presidential," Mitt Romney turned back President Barack Obama in the first of three debates between the two men vying for the top office in the country. Our panel of local politicos weighed in late last night.

Former Gov. Mitt Romney looked less like a "frontrunner" and more like a man on the attack Wednesday night, emerging as the winner of the first presidential debate, according to participants in the area's "Red Twin Cities" and "Blue Twin Cities" surveys, conducted by Patches around the Minneapolis and St. Paul suburbs and exurbs. The "flash" style polls were conducted just hours after the debate from Denver came to close.  Obama "missed his opporunity," according to one Democractic member of our panels. Another called him "rusty" in his first debate since winning two of the three presidential debates back in 2008.  Demcocrats were defensive of the president, not surprisingly. However, more than half of our pollsters said Mitt Romney won …

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Karl

10:29 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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The Fifth District Report

Ellison: 'I Honestly Don’t Believe Most People in the Middle East Hate America'

The congressman told MinnPost in a recent interview that he wants to see the U.S. government get more engaged in the region.

In a recent interview with MinnPost, congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) said the protests going on in the Middle East lately do not reflect the opinions of the vast majority of Muslims in the area. Ellison added that he thought the U.S. government should get more engaged in the region: Our policy ought to be continued engagement with each country in the region and the region at large. ... If you look beneath the surface, what’s going on here is that the regime loyalists and religious extremists who have an undemocratic agenda, who want to impose a religious orthodoxy on everybody for the sake of power, are reacting against the success of the "small-d" democrats in overturning the autocrats across the region ... We don’t need to get skittish …

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Amy Paddock

11:17 am on Monday, October 8, 2012

Kathy, being Muslim in America? First, Keith hasn't always been Muslim, and second, Yes - there are Muslims who do support equal rights for gay including marriage. Just like there are many different opinions who have different ideas, it can also be true for Muslims. Pretty much, it means that no matter religion you aspire to, you can have an opinion and say you support it.   more ›