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.)
wow
I will accept any correct info you have.
I lived in St. Paul for 6 years, have 2 brothers who live in the Cities, and a number of good friends, so I think the info I got was accurate..
Adrift, spewing toxins, and listing hard to the left.
"I remember distinctly reading that Hennepin County was less liberal than Ramsey County..........but I don't know how to come up with the article."
That's because Hennepin County, although having Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and Richfeild, also has suburban conservative bastions such as Edina, Saint Louis Park (Western, not Eastern) and Eden Prarie and has rual (Although not so rual anymore) towns such as Rockford.
I may just be going insane here.......... ;o)
btw, repeating that I know both are liberal.....just heard/read that Hennepin was less so than Ramsey......which surprised me a whole lot.
At any rate, this is good news!
btw, repeating that I know both are liberal.....just heard/read that Hennepin was less so than Ramsey......which surprised me a whole lot.
The mayor will change his tune once Kerry has an opportunity to introduce himself to the voters.
Hennepin County is huge and includes a lot of Republican areas on it's South, West, and North. As a whole the county is about 55% DFL and 45% GOP.
(I think I'll just go away now........)
That is a sad truth C4L, for most in Minneapolis don't realize that the best that PW can do is scratch his coffin lid through personal frustration.
YES!!! I KNEW "MY PEOPLE" WOULD BE SMART!
NordP, former Roseville-ite
Actually, St. Paul is working class to the Minneapolis "urban" work force.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press runs a fairly balanced paper, whereas the Star Tribune is known as the "Minneapolis Red Star."
Move to Ohio. You'd like it here. :o)
Outside of the Sate itself and 3M, they have the largest budget in the state!
A very ominous stat that should open the eyes to all in MN.
I am also aware of that.
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