Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote
Albert Gore Jr. Democratic-F.L. 1,168,266 47.91%
George W. Bush Republican 1,109,659 45.50%
Electorial votes went to gore with 10
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.)
He is now, as per http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162824/posts
"Don't change horses in midstream" bump...
Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote
Albert Gore Jr. Democratic-F.L. 1,168,266 47.91%
George W. Bush Republican 1,109,659 45.50%
Electorial votes went to gore with 10
NO ONE ELSE NEEDS TO TELL ME THAT NOW........THANK YOU!!
(And Tim Pawlenty's wife and I are graduates of the same college, so I know how liberal your state is because I LIVED THERE......and that is part of the reason I now reside in OHIO! :o)
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well all kidding aside, let's all email this great mayor and give him some " high fives"...... Polly
Move over, Zell Miller, you have company.
http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/contact.html
A dim who employs logic and common sense ... hmmm.
same as here in New York
2000 election results
The RED QUEEN and algore are in RED
the rest of NY serves at the pleasure of the big three or four cities
I wish we had a State Electorial College!!! 
Far right?
George Bush increased spending for the Department of Education 80.12% in 2005 budget compared to Clinton's last budget.
Is that far right or far left? These Democrats are insane.
Kerry is being slaughtered. This is a lot of bad news for his campaign, being it's only the first Sunday after the convention.
From what I've read here today, CNN was more tilted our way than Fox, at least this morning. Fox is shilling for the commies big time the last week or so.
I don't watch TV news ever, on any channel.
I have a feeling Bush could carry MN this time. Its never voted for a Republican in a presidential election. And the mayor of Minneapolis/St Paul is right: John F*ckin' is out of touch with the values of the American heartland. Nice to see the DFL go apesh*t. That's worth a couple of extra points right there. Zell Miller, Edward Koch and now Randy Kelley. The Bush Democrats are starting to come out of the closet.
With the current terror warnings given today, I suspect people may start to give a real sober look at who's running.
Mayor said, hey, it has more than meets the eye since St. Paul hasn't raised taxes in 10 years.
He is now raising taxes.
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The potential for Republicans in this state is high. This is because the DFL vote has been much less than 50 percent in recent elections, with Reform candidates like Ventura and Penny taking a lot of votes.
Minnesota has a Republican Governor, one Republican U.S. Senator, a split four-four U.S. Congressional delegation, a Republican state House and a DFL state Senate.
If we can convert a good share of Reform and independents to our side, the state can be converted into a Republican-leaning one. In any case, it is no longer a solidly Democrat state.
Are you sure? 'Cause I got more.
Really this is very unfair of you. You put out a straight line like that, and walk away from it immediately. It's such a tease. You could at least pretend to stick by your previous statement for the rest of our sakes. No fun delivering "Minneapolis is liberal" anecdotes to an already convinced audience.
Funny thing is I look at Webster's definition of desert and it says: to leave in the lurch
Lurch...is that prophetic or what?
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