Posted on 08/01/2004 3:13:26 PM PDT by hawaiian
St. Paul Mayor Kelly Supports Bush for Re-election
St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly broke Democratic Party ranks on Sunday to announce his support for President Bush's re-election.
"George Bush and I do not agree on a lot of issues," Kelly said in a statement. "But in turbulent times, what the American people need more than anything is continuity of government, even with some imperfect policies."
Kelly, who said he's remaining a Democrat, said the economy is going in the right direction. "There's no reason to believe a change of course will produce better or quicker results," he said.
And the mayor said the United States will bring the troops home from Iraq a lot sooner if "we don't try to bring in a whole new leadership team to run the show. We must stay the course."
Governor Tim Pawlenty, who co-chairs the Bush-Cheney campaign in Minnesota, praised Kelly. "His bold decision is courageous and a welcome move toward working across party lines," Pawlenty said in a statement.
U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, the Bush-Cheney campaign's other co-chair in Minnesota, called Kelly's announcement "bipartisanship at its finest."
"Mayor Kelly recognizes that jobs are being created and that tax cuts have stimulated that job growth. He has done the same for St. Paul," said Coleman, Kelly's predecessor as mayor of Minnesota's capital city.
But the St. Paul DFL Party said Kelly "has traded the values of St. Paul for the agenda of the Republican Party's far right."
"Rather than advocating the needs of St. Paul, Mayor Kelly's decision to not support John Kerry's strategy for building our cities does the voters of St. Paul a disservice," the party said.
Kelly, who was elected mayor in 2001, is up for re-election next year.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Kerry is leaking oil!!!
And the Kerry bounce continues.
A nice crossover endorsement in a close state. Now if he could only get together with his predecessor (Norm Coleman) and take some Democrats and independents with him.
Wasn't Norm Coleman also a DFL Mayor of St. Paul before the party ran him out for being pro-life?
I don't know if it was because of his abortion stance, but yes they did run him out of the party...and much to their chagrin, his political career took off.
Cool. Maybe fewer dead democrats will vote this election, too.
Anybody know what the demographics look like in St Paul? Is the city trending conservative?
It is possible that this mayor is an honest man. His wisdom is appreciated.
It is possible that he's a politician and sees which way the wind of this election is blowing....in the direction of victory for President Bush.
I agree with that political assessment. The president has yet to have his convention and the democrat convention was an utter failure....no bounce that's statistically determinable.
The president has yet to spend his pre-convention backlog of money. The president has yet to unleash his best ammunition --- which be wall to wall on the news from September to November.
Kerry's supporters have thrown book title after book title, false witness after false witness, and lie after lie at the president and they have not changed the poll numbers.
Bush/Cheney in November. This mayor sees it.
You just heard the Word brother!
*The [Minnesota] Vikes have extended an invitation for President Bush to attend a practice at training camp. Bush, who will be making a campaign whistle stop in Mankato Wednesday,likely doesn't have the logisitics to set up a side trip toMinnesota State-Mankato, but the team hoped the invitation would allow him to squeeze in a short visit.
http://story.theinsiders.com/a.z?s=69&p=2&c=279340
I believe that Minneapolis is more conservative than St. Paul, so this is REALLY good news!
Democrats don't gladly suffer those who get off the reservation. Kelly had better stay away from Ft. Marcy park during his next visit to DC.
I doubt if Mayor Daley will endorse Bush, but a few weeks ago he was asked about Bush and Kerry and praised Bush for the war on terror, and said Kerry was uninspiring.
If that isn't the truth. This guy just contracted political leprosy as far as the Dem party is concerned.
Actually, I'm beginning to think Kerry should stay away from Ft. Marcy park.
WooWoo!!!!
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