How do you balance coverage of Minnesota-specific issues with more general progressive or Democratic party items?
MNP: From the very beginning it has been our goal to provide the best coverage of Minnesota political topics that you can find online. This is for two reasons really: (1) because we are passionate about Minnesota and it’s what we know best; and (2) there are thousands of other blogs that do a better job of covering more general progressive topics than we do but not all that many that focus on Minnesota. That being said, we’re four young politicos in a Presidential election year, so avoiding national topics entirely is impossible. PIM: The recent bipartisan happy hour – in cooperation with Minnesota Democrats Exposed – was an interesting experiment. Did you learn anything from that night about political writing in MN or about what fosters a healthy blogosphere? MNP: I would like to say that co-hosting the bipartisan happy hour was a difficult decision for us because Michael Brodkorb stirs up so much controversy across the aisle, but it really wasn’t. To me, reaching across the aisle, fa
