Over the decades, MPR has presented the many different perspectives of Minnesota politics and politicians. This collection is home to a multitude speeches, interviews and debates on the issues of the day. Important topics of civil rights, environment, crime, budget, legislation, and campaigns are addressed.
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November 11, 1998 - Hundreds - perhaps thousands - of resumes are pouring into Jesse Ventura's transition office at the state Capitol. Republicans, Democrats, and independents are all hoping to be part of the Governor-elect's new administration. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... The tight entryway to Ventura's basement transition office is often crammed with job-seekers, well-wishers and reporters... (nat - phone ringing, crowd buzz) 28-year-old Tom Klawiter (CLAW-water) dropped off his resume...
November 11, 1998 - Minnesota Governor elect Jesse Ventura, a former Navy seal, today marked Veterans day by visiting the Minneapois VA Medical Center. He also made a stop at the high school from which he graduated. Ventura spoke of the importance of public service and told students joining the military is a great way to finance post-secondary education. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik has a report...
November 12, 1998 - Governor Carlson says the recent governor's campaign shows it's time for Minnesota to re-think its election system. Carlson says the September primary should be moved up to May -- and he says the state should add a SECOND primary in the fall to narrow down the field of candidates. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: Governor Carlson says the fact that Jesse Ventura won the governor's race with only 37 percent of the vote is evidence that Minnesota is moving away from the traditional two-party-system. In a Veterans' Day speech to the Bloomington Rotaryt club, he said he was worried that MN elections will become more and more fractious: ((If we're going to have 8 people and several dif pol parties -- we now have 4 major parties, with add of taxpayers' party -- we
November 12, 1998 - The day after telling students at his old High school he didn't apply himself much to his studies... Minnesota Governor-elect Jesse Ventura is back at school. Every two years, a few weeks after the November vote, the National Governor's Association puts on "Governors school" for first-time governors --- a few days in specialized seminars and private consulations with experienced governors currently on the job. Nancy Marshall reports from this years Governors school in Wilmington Delaware. SFXX 1: Welcome to the 1998 Governor's session. . . TRXX 1: Governor Thomas Carper of Delaware is the host -- and a professor -- at this year's National Governor's Association
November 12, 1998 - Governor-Elect Ventura's victory shocked Minnesota's political establishment, but not Joram Manka , a Ventura supporter in Duluth. Manka, a student at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, won a contest on a political website by correctly guessing the outcome on nearly every race on the Minnesota ballot: University of Minnesota Duluth student Joram Manka won the checks and balances-dot com website contest by correctly guessing the outcome of the governor's race and many other contests last Tuesday. He'll be presented with the John Spanish Prognosticator Award December 3rd in St. Paul. Governor-elect Ventura has been invited as the keynote speaker. (find music)
November 18, 1998 - As Ventura prepares to take office, he is sure to remember the political experts and lobbyists who gave him little respect before the election. Now some of those same people are flocking to his office asking for jobs. Morning Show humorist Dale Connelly imagined how those ‘career politicians’ are feeling about now with the song creation "Governor Body"...(with apologies to Leonard Bernstein and his "Officer Krupky" from West Side Story).
November 18, 1998 - MPR’s Martin Kaste reports on the first meeting of Governor-elect Jesse Ventura and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe, who met privately to discuss legislative priorities for 1999. Despite what Ventura calls "philosophical differences" between the two men, their respective "to-do" lists appear to have a lot in common.
November 20, 1998 - Lieutenent Governor-elect Mae Schunk made one of her first public appearences Thursday night, at the Minnesota Rural Education Association conference in Alexandria. Since the election, Schunk has maintained a focus on her classroom teaching, but she's beginning to outline some of the priorities she and governor-elect Jesse Ventura will bring to their administration. Minnesota Public Radio's Kathryn Herzog reports. Mae Schunk says she has rural Minnesota in her heart and understands the needs of rural educators. For eight years, Schunk attended a one room school in Wisconsin, and she says she knows from experience, children learn better in smaller classes. She reiterated a pledge to make reductions in class size a a top priority...saying if teachers demand quality work form students, children d
November 20, 1998 - MPR’s Martin Kaste reports on how leaders of Minnesota's major political parties are mulling over the meaning of this year's election results…and the meaning of Jesse Ventura's surprise victory, in particular. In the DFL party, there seems to be a growing consensus that change would do the party good, but there's little agreement so far about what kind of change.
November 30, 1998 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on the varied opinions on the war on drugs…no where is the difference more striking than on the front lines. There's a rising tide of voices saying we're not winning the war on drugs so we should legalize all or most of them.