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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: Republicans mum on social issues

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Minnesota

The four Republicans running for governor in next month's primary aren't saying much about a topic important to many Republicans: social issues. (MPR News) 

The Star Tribune profiles Kurt Zellers and asks the question will his record as House speaker help or hurt? (Star Tribune)

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee moved Rep. Rick Nolan to its program for vulnerable incumbents — a reflection of growing concern over his re-election prospects. (Roll Call)

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann will leave Congress within months, but her campaign committees continue to spend and raise donor dollars. (St. Cloud Times)

Former Minnesota GOP political operative Jeff Larson is in charge of a $35 million effort to help Republicans take over the U.S. Senate this fall. (Star Tribune)

About 1,100 people stood in line on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul Sunday to meet former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and get signed copies of her new memoir. (MPR News)

Clinton was also a guest on MPR News' Daily Circuit and she addressed the current crisis in Ukraine (MPR News).

National Politics

Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia trained Ukrainian rebels how to use the antiaircraft missiles that shot down a Malaysian airliner. (New York Times)

"Mutually assured dysfunction": a look at how the U.S. Senate isn't getting much of anything done these days. (Washington Post)

Why politicians prefer short-term solutions to almost any issue these days. (NPR)

President Obama has stuck to his travel schedule even as domestic and international crises escalate. (New York Times)

The Democratic Party's left wing loves Vice President Joe Biden...but not enough to make him the party's presidential nominee. (NPR)