Minnesota's Sen. Dayton to Bow Out

[Brooklyn Michael]

From the Washington Post

Thursday, February 10, 2005; Page A05

Exit the department-store heir. Enter the Purple People Eater?

Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), facing ominous poll numbers and circling challengers, announced yesterday that he will not seek reelection to a second term in 2006. "I do not believe that I am the best candidate to lead the DFL Party to victory next year," Dayton said in his candid statement. (DFL stands for Democratic-Farmer-Labor, the state's version of the Democrats.)

Republicans hailed the announcement as a chance for the GOP to widen its majority in the Senate. "It's a great opportunity for Republicans," said GOP lobbyist and strategist Charlie Black. "Minnesota is a swing state now." Republicans appear relatively unified behind a strong potential candidate in Rep. Mark Kennedy, who is expected to announce his candidacy soon.


......come on, Minnesotans....get behind someone fast. The last thing we need is a bigger divide in the senate.

Why can't we get some @#$%^&*! Republicans retiring? :grr:

[trotsky]

1. MN is *NOT* a "swing state."

After all the money & time the 'pukes pumped into here, Kerry STILL won comfortably.

And Kennedy is WAY too conservative to win a statewide vote. Patty Wetterling gave him a much closer-than-expected race in his very conservative home district.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1224246