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Jenifer Loon is "the former Chief of Staff for the Committee on Small Business in the U.S. House of Representatives."

http://www.sd42blog.com/42B.html

“Erik Paulsen is a champion for the people of Minnesota and an invaluable leader on important business issues,” said Doug Loon, the U.S. Chamber’s vice president of regional affairs."

http://www.looktruenorth.com/elections/us-congressional-races/107-congre...

Doug Loon's Lobbying Record At Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for 2008

It was a misleading commentary, because Mr. Aho didn't even state the correct designation for U.S. News and World Report's ranking.

He wrote in his Eden Prairie News commentary that the ranking is for the "best cities in the nation." No, that's not what the ranking is for; it's for the "best healthy place to retire."

"Staying fit in the Home of Purple Power." That’s what the U.S. and News World Report Ranking is based on, not the "transportation or budgeting" prowess Brad Aho claims it's partially attributable to.

Vulnerables split on bailout as several flip votes

By Aaron Blake
Posted: 10/03/08 04:01 PM [ET]

Several of the most vulnerable House incumbents on Friday changed their votes in favor of the latest version of a $700 billion bailout package for the economy.

A few Democratic freshmen and veteran GOP incumbents fighting for their political lives over the next month made what might be a courageous vote, even as their phones and e-mail inboxes were flooded with pleas to vote no and their opponents readied attacks.

McCain Campaign's Ad Spending Now Nearly 100 Percent Devoted To Attack Ads

By Greg Sargent - October 3, 2008, 2:51PM

The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his ad buys reveals.

By contrast, the Obama campaign is devoting less than half of his spending on ads attacking McCain. More than half of its spending is going to a spot that doesn't once mention his foe.

Businesses lobbying hard for bailout
By JEANNE CUMMINGS & VICTORIA MCGRANE | 10/2/08 4:52 AM EDT

John Castellani, head of the Business Roundtable, urged 90 CEOs to call their local congressmen.

"In the wake of the stunning House defeat of the $700 billion economic rescue plan, the business community has launched an unprecedented lobbying blitz to polish the plan's public image and change some votes.

Watching Republicans blame everyone else (Democrats) for MAKING them not vote is hillarious.

"Rush Limbaugh opened his show today by piling on top of House Republican leadership for claiming that a crucial number of their members voted against the bailout package because of a partisan speech that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave before the roll call.

“C’mon guys. Can ya grow up?” he said. “There were a whole lot of reasons for House Republicans to vote against this thing yesterday.” [See update II below.]

While our economy is in dire straits Bush places no blame on his administration. Just recently he and our Secretary of the Treasury, who himself pocked millions from Wall Street, came out publicly saying the economy was doing fine:

NEW YORK (CNN) -- "I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible."

-- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, March 16, 2008

"The meeting with Mr. Bush on Thursday was precipitated by a call from Mr. McCain, who cast his request as a matter of urgent national priority. “Following Sept. 11, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis,” he told a small group of reporters, while reading the brief statement from a teleprompter, in a small ballroom at the Hilton New York hotel. “We must show that kind of patriotism now.”

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/politics/25campaign.html?_r=1&ref=u...

Let's Keep People In Their Homes

By HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

"There is a broad consensus that Congress must act to stave off deeper turmoil on Wall Street. Irrespective of the final agreement yet to be reached, there are several principles that must be part of a broader reform effort that begins this week and continues in the coming months.