Tarryl Clark seems to be everywhere these days. She was at Netroots Nation visiting the online activists, and answered a few of their questions. She answered a few for Huffington Post, as well, including calling Presidential Wannabe and Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin “Alaska’s Michele Bachmann.” Bachmann should be proud — I remember when folks around here used to call her “Minnesota’s Marylin Musgrave.”

Meanwhile, Margaret Anderson Kelliher has kept a fairly low profile since announcing her intention to announce. But Minnesota Brown managed to snag an interview before the candidate filed paperwork, and released it afterward.

Kelliher quickly stressed specific legislative accomplishments as speaker to justify her candidacy three years after ascending to the speaker’s chair with the DFL legislative landslide in 2006. Her top three included the 2020 renewable energy standard (signed by Gov. Pawlenty), the 2008 transportation bill (passed by overriding Gov. Pawlenty with the help of six Republican House members) and the advancement of the Legacy Amendment (the voter approved sales tax increase to fund outdoors and culture initiatives).

These three different accomplishments all involved bipartisanship, fervent negotiations and hard won victories, she said, examples of how she would approach the job of governor.

The entire interview is a very thoughtful, very personal look at the Speaker, and is a must read.

Meanwhile, women are making advances not just as candidates, but in leadership roles, as well. On Monday, the AFL-CIO elected Shar Knutson as the first woman president of the organization. The AFL-CIO is the state’s largest federation, and represents over 300,000 members across the state.