Cravaack to open Duluth office at last

U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) finally announced that he’ll open a field office in Duluth, possibly by early April. This was a wise, if overdue, move. Duluth is the largest city and center of Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional District. Until now he’s operated with a district office in North Branch, near the district’s southern corner and not far from Lindstrom, where Cravaack lives. It’d be a reasonable assumption that geographical identity will be the X-factor in the 2012 campaign in this district. Naturally, the DFL being what it is, the opposition might find a way to cede the advantage on this. Ah, but no sense in fussing until the new lines are drawn.