MN-06: A candidate emerges to Dump Bachmann

[ccharles000]

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4910

Could 2010 be the year we finally Dump Bachmann?
Political Muse of Liberal in the Land of Conservative is reporting (and I have been able to independently confirm) that 2006 Independence Party Lt. Governor Nominee Dr. Maureen Reed spoke to a meeting of the 6th District DFL last night and announced that she will be running against Rep. Michelle Bachmann as a DFL candidate in 2010.

This is a very interesting development. Reed would be a very strong candidate. First. Who is she?

Dr. Maureen Reed currently serves as a diplomate in internal medicine with the American Board of Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She formerly served as medical director for HealthParners and as a member and chair of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. In 2006 she ran for Lt. Governor on the Independence Party ticket with Peter Hutchinson. If she does indeed run she would be the first candidate to announce a run against Bachmann so far this cycle. 2006 and 2008 DFL candidate El Tinklenberg is also rumored to be mulling a run.

[billyoc]

1. I dunno, remember the MILLIONS we raised for what's-his-name?

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Tinkle-something

It was close, though.

[DrToast]

5. True, but that was only in the last two weeks. He didn't even spend it all.*

*

[billyoc]

6. Oh, yeah, that's right. It was right at the very end, I forgot about that.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. It happened so late in the game, it's not a surprise he didn't win.

Bachmann was well on her way to winning and then that happened, allowing him an opening. Prior to that, though, I don't believe the race was close. So not all was lost, since they managed to cut her lead down and make it extremely competitive toward the end of the race.

With all this stuff out there now, I think she is definitely on the edge.

[phleshdef]

8. I remember that. I donated the night that started. When its time, we should drop a money bomb again.

[JayMusgrove]

2. Geeze I hope we dump Bachmann, maybe charge her with

perjury! She lies so often on the floor of the House, I bet she would be ready for 2 years in prison.

[mvd]

3. K&R

Getting Bachmann defeated would be sweet.