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Minnesota

The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. How do you know all this?

Reply to HelenWheels (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 10:19 AM

Dec 2017

Tina Smith is very well-respected; she has a long history in the party and a solid resume, and she's done a lot of the negotiating with the legislature. Dayton is no fool. He wouldn't have chosen a weak person for that seat. She will be supported by the DFL and women in particular; the likely opponent, Tim Pawlenty, is not well-liked here. She has a very good chance of winning, and being the incumbent by the time of the election is a definite advantage.

That said, I really wish Al Franken hadn't been unfairly driven out of the Senate.

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What is happening to MN? [View all] HelenWheels Dec 2017 OP

A fustercluck SHRED Dec 2017 #1

Racing to the bottom. democratisphere Dec 2017 #2

How do you know all this? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #3

I would like to know the exact questions you are asking also? still_one Dec 2017 #5

"Weak sister"? How so? Zambero Dec 2017 #4

"Weak sister"? WTF? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #6

Zero chance? Wednesdays Dec 2017 #7

Don't take a blue wave for granted GaryM Dec 2017 #10

I read that she initially said she had no interest in the job of senator. Demit Dec 2017 #8

She has traveled the state, knows many mayors and committees in "outstate" question everything Dec 2017 #9

"PC run amok" geardaddy Dec 2017 #12

She had no interest in the governor's race dflprincess Dec 2017 #11