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In Minnesota, four years makes a big difference; Republicans' high hopes for the state run head-first into the Iraq reality
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 30, 2006 02:11pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 30, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | St. Paul, Minn. - Four years ago, Republicans had lofty hopes for Minnesota.
With dramatic wins in 2002, Republican Norm Coleman was elected senator and Republican Tim Pawlenty governor. Maybe this state – once the home of classic liberal Democrats Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Paul Wellstone, was becoming Republican.
But this year GOP Senate candidate Mark Kennedy has never seemed to catch fire in his race against Democrat Amy Klobuchar.
In no opinion poll has Kennedy been ahead and some observers in Washington and here in Minnesota have written off any chance of him winning this Senate seat.
To a degree Kennedy blames the news media and its polling for his plight. “The polling by a lot of the media outlets is deliberately designed to discourage the base,” he argued. “You’ll see a lot of our real base would just be energized by seeing the media really trying to steal the election.” |
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