“I’m glad Pawlenty is staying put here in MN.”
Hold on to that one...and tight!
President Bush snagged our Governor (Tommy Thompson) for his HHSD during his first term...and the ‘Rats moved in swiftly with little opposition. I know your State has a core of rock-ribbed Republicans in its legislature, but the rest of us consider MN a ‘blue’ state. Wisconsin is Purple...on a GOOD day, LOL! We have ‘Diamond Jim’ Doyle, a lesbian Lt. Governor (Babs Lawton), our CongressLesbian Tammy Baldwin, Senator Russ (’Me, Me, Me! It’s all about ME!’) Feingold, and ‘Confirmed Bachelor’ Herb Kohl. *Rolleyes* He’s not fooling anyone.
Yeesh! What a line-up!
It’ll take us decades to recover, so don’t make the same mistake we did! :(
Makes one wonder how much of that comes into play when a President or Presidential candidate selects someone for a VP slot or a Cabinet position. Maybe I read too much into it, but dang! I sure HOPE they consider the fact that they’ll lose ground in a particular state when they tap someone on the shoulder.
Who will take Sarah’s spot as Governor in AK? One hopes they have a (R) waiting in the wings!
No idea who is waiting in the wings in Alaska. The state seems to be a little quirky, but focused on individuals. I like it that way. :)
I am just thrilled to death about the Palin pick. My husband, son and I were returning home from the Black Hills yesterday, so I had to hear Palin’s speech on the radio. I actually teared up. Conservatism is a rare thing these days and Sarah brings it home!