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Digging for dirt leads to DFL dust-up (Dems Turning On One Another!)
Minneapolis Star/Tribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 7/12/06 | Pat Doyle/Dane Smith - Staff Reporters

Posted on 07/12/2006 10:28:01 AM PDT by MplsSteve

As a battle-tested veteran of many political and legal wars, Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch knew a political torpedo when he saw one approaching. In February 2005, he thought he saw one in a Chicago resident's letter seeking records on how much Hatch office's spent on travel, furniture, artwork and outside lawyers.

He traced the suspicious investigation back to a Chicago firm he said is known for doing so-called opposition research -- that is, digging dirt -- for Democrats. In time, he linked the probe to another top state DFL leader, Rep. Matt Entenza.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: attorneygeneral; dfl; mattentenza; mikehatch
As a Minnesota Republican, I have to say I LIKE THIS!

Any in-fighting amongst Democrats is fine with me. They're not only doing it at the state-wide level - but at the congressional district level too.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

1 posted on 07/12/2006 10:28:03 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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The conservative in me, laughs at this; It couldn't happen to two 'better' people.

The cynic in me however, reminds me that they will pull some photo op, shake hands, blather off a few spending programs 'for the children', and *POOF* The Land of Sky Tinted Waters will forgive all, and run to the ballot boxes.

This may be bad, but we have a long history of letting DFL foibles slide...a LONG history. I might be tempted to say "Well, these two CAN'T be dumb enough to go to November with this enmity, but then again, they are DFL...


Now that IS changing; We are inching away from the DFL, and I HOPE that I am wrong about them being given a pass (The Star and Sickle, will not help in this matter :(); I sincerely do. But as they say, "Plan for the worst, and pray for the best..."

2 posted on 07/12/2006 10:33:15 AM PDT by akorahil (Thank You and God bless all Veterans. Truly, the real heroes.)
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Well, well, well.....

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/15022127.htm


3 posted on 07/12/2006 12:36:52 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I had a suspicion that something like this would happen.

I, for one, hope that Lois Quam knowingly accepted illegally back-dated options.


4 posted on 07/12/2006 12:46:34 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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