[MplsSteve]

I'm trying hard to find an upside here for the Kelly campaign

The only thing I can say is that the vote totals for Coleman represent the raving far-left wing of the St Paul Democrats. These people would have crawled on their hands and knees across broken glass to vote for Coleman.

The list of potential voters expands as they both head into the general election - but the question remains to be asked whether Kelly is too far gone to catch up in November.

[Zeroisanumber]

I think he'll be alright come November, as an earlier poster said, tonights primaries are slanted pretty hard to the left. Kelly already knew that his support for the president last election season was going to hurt him with Democrats, I think that he is banking on the support of city businessmen and a moderate/conservative coalition to pull him through the election.

And that should work just fine in St. Paul, which doesn't have the harder left slant of Minneapolis.

[MineralMan]

"but the question remains to be asked whether Kelly is too far gone to catch up in November."

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I doubt that Kelly has a prayer in November. Living in St. Paul, as I do, I've become aware of how much influence the DFL has on this side of the river.

It's Kelly's turn in the barrel, I'm afraid.