Ahead of the Christmas holiday, Blois continues to work on the political trail.  After giving his thoughts on the state budget surplus debate, he chat with the following guests:

• Twin Cities Business Magazine editor Ali Kaplan tries to forecast what the city of Minneapolis may do to revitalize downtown retail shopping.
• We get introduced to new State House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth.  The representative from District 13A describes her hopes for the state GOP's agenda as the new session approaches.