The 10th Annual AM950 Blue State Ball
l3wis 
A friend and I attended the VIP portion of the ball Friday night in Minneapolis at the Aria Events Center, AM 950 is a progressive talk radio station. While some of the people we wanted to talk to were no shows due to sickness (Stephanie Miller, Ed Shultz and Gov. Dayton) We did meet a ton of others in the progressive movement in Minnesota. We were able to grab Franken’s ear long enough to warn him about the mess Lewis & Clark has turned out to be (he is a big advocate). We also met the station’s owner, and the morning host (he has covered Sanford’s presence in Minnesota, and I may get an interview with him on his program about Sanford’s influence in Sioux Falls.) Another chance meeting was with a Minneapolis School Board member who also sits on a National Committee of School Board members. She may send me some information about Common Core, her feelings on the curriculum were very interesting.
The common feedback we received is how South Dakota seems to be the black hole of politics when it comes to Republican corruption and domination. You could sense, a lot of people felt sorry for us, and if the drinks weren’t complimentary that night, I have a feeling we would have still drank for free.
But the highlight of the night was meeting the unapologetic, liberal talk host, Mike Malloy. Mike has been fired from about every major news organization in the country, and now produces his show from his home.
