Posted on 02/09/2005 9:59:41 AM PST by MplsSteve
Peterson is too Conservative to get the nod, and I can't imagine why Oberstar would would want to give up his seniority in the House (32 years by Jan '07) to become a junior Senator of the minority party. I don't know what the record is, but I've tended to observe that rare few House members that have served more than 16 or so years (effectively "lifers") care to make the jump to the Senate (as we all know, it's a different culture in both bodies).
I wonder .... no insights from me on Hatch but open seats tend to have strong magnetic qualities. Pawlenty's not in great shape but he's not in bad shape either. An open senate seat is surely a boon to him, as it draws money and challengers away from his race?
thanks for posting this Star & Sickle good news.
DO you think it'll be Mark Kennedy, Brian Sullivan, Rod Grams or someone else the republicans will run... ??
Really?
I hadn't heard that but it wouldn't surprise me, I guess.
Hatch has more $ than Dayton with all his (our) state tobacco money.
I'm totally against Rod Grams giving it another try.
I voted for him, volunteered for him and wrote a couple of checks to him.
But he ran such an incredibly incompetent re-election race in 2000 and gave us Mark Dayton as a result.
His constituent efforts were crap as well. A person can only blame so much of that on office and staff issues
Rod needs to forget about this one.
I believe he did.
He also made the same comments on the Senate floor before voting NO on her confirmation.
I see on the Tribune's "blog" list that FR is listed. We ain't no blog! :)
But I was kinda hoping that Evacuatin' Dayton would have tried for re-election. Slapping him around would have been fun.
I don't know that it's as deep as people think. Minnesota hasn't had a Democrat governor in nearly twenty years and the only DFL statewide office holder is Attorney General Mike Hatch.
Will be an interesting race. I could easily support someone like Mark Kennedy or even John Klein if he chose to run.
As a MN Supreme Court Justice he probably doesn't say, but he's a liberal.
How about Fran Tarkington for Senate?
I also heard somewhere that one of Paul Wellstone's sons might try for the senate seat? Any truth in that rumor?
I think the Republicans are deep enough to get a known statewide political figure elected without having to run a political novice. Some have mentioned Tim Pawlenty as a candidate too somewhere down the line.
I haven't heard the Wellstone rumors. That would concern me.
Problem is, Jesse talked like a libertarian/conservative, but governed like a liberal. No Thanks!
I'd like to see Mary Kiffmeyer make a go at it
The son that went all Deaniac at the memorial would have a lot to overcome. That was quite the performance. I doubt many people have forgotten.
This is great news. Dayton probably would have been in the fight of his life for re-election anyway, and no doubt he'd have taken some heat for being the only senator to close his DC office. I think we will see Mark Kennedy getting into this race sooner rather than later.
The GOP has to be happy about their chances of winning this open seat.
Page is a liberal both in his rulings and with the company he keeps.
Quite definitely an out and out DFLer.
Start recording sound bites for this dude, now! If he runs, it will be a free for all...
Maybe the Dem primary will be a two man race between Al Franken and Fritz Mondale?
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