MPR is out this morning with a look at why the MNGOP is $2 million in debt. Here are just a few examples of the party’s fiscal incompetence:

Chief among [party activists’] concerns are dollars paid to Tony Trimble, the party’s attorney who argued unsuccessfully in the 2008 U.S. Senate recount and the 2010 gubernatorial recount. During Sutton’s tenure, Trimble made more than $1 million, an amount leaders say was excessive.

Also on the party books was $221,000 paid to Strother Communications, a public relations firm charged with rebranding the party. One party leader said the effort never resulted in a concrete plan.

The party also paid officeholders — or those campaigning — $120,000 in consulting fees and salary; a staffer already earning an $85,000 salary an additional $14,000 for legal work; and two former party staffers $56,000 for consulting….

In September 2010, the party paid TG Med, a small company that markets medical products, roughly $10,500. TG Med owner Tim Goer said his contacts within the party asked him to look into the efficacy of medical marijuana.

There’s much more here. Between this fiasco and the legislature’s irresponsible borrowing, do you really want to trust the GOP with our state’s finances?