We were saddened the Mark Dayton won’t be running again for the Senate. Oh, we didn’t harbor any illusions about his winning. He would have had a six year record as an unapologetic liberal to run against, he’s not the best speaker in the world, and he can’t finance his own campaign this time.
Although the national Dems would come to his aid, he’d still have to raise millions to fight off the anticipated Republican flood of money. And he hates that…probably because he quaintly believes being a Senator is not about where the money is coming from. As a friend of mine who used to work for Dayton once told me, “He’s a really good senator and a really lousy politician.”
So, whoever is the DFL candidate, and we think it will be Mike Hatch, he’ll have a relatively open field ahead of him, and the ability to run against Bush lapdogs Gil Gutnecht or Mark Kennedy. I really hope it’s Kennedy. That creep has to answer for what he said about Patty Wetterling on earth before he lands in the eternal fire which will be his eventual reward.
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