Mark Kennedy runs for the money

Show me the money

Imagine the inner conflict.

You’ve spent the last few months trying to convince Minnesota voters that you aren’t the Bush administration’s lap dog, despite voting with them 97 percent of the time.

You are, despite the overwhelming evidence of the past few years that lying to the voters is a great strategy, still lagging 20 points in the polls to Amy Klobuchar.

You know, if I’m going to get the lies about my record of being Bush’s boy to the maximum number of people, I’m going to need more money.

You decide to cancel your scheduled speech at the University to stand next to Bush when he comes to town to raise money today.

You realize, you’ll have to stand with the guy you are trying to tell the people you don’t always stand with.

You say to yourself, just another day in the life of a politician.