I was swamped yesterday and we’re saying a lot of prayers for my grandmother who is in the hospital in very serious condition. Anyway, I didn’t get to some interesting tidbits I found over at www.mnblue.com, a progressive political blog of which I am a contributor.
As the MNBlue’s “token Iron Ranger,” I had to laugh when I saw Jerry Janezich, the Range’s bearded bartending former State Senator, compared to Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in this post. Yes, Jerry was the endorsed DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000 thanks to the support of liberal interest groups, but he’s a long way from being a liberal activist with a hyphenated last name.
And I’d be remiss not to mention the chatter that Sen. Norm Coleman may face a Republican primary challenge from former Sen. Rod Grams. Grams served one term before losing to millionaire Mark Dayton in the aforementioned 2000 campaign. In 2006, Grams lost a Congressional challenge to Rep. Jim Oberstar in Minnesota’s 8th District. I doubt that Grams will pull the trigger on this, but the fact that he isn’t swatting it down shows that there is a possibility. I can only imagine the kinds of ads that Grams would run against Al Franken after hearing his anti-Oberstar ads from last time. I envision an elderly woman with a thick Minnesota accent saying, “Oh, look at that Al Franken, acting like a big shooter.”
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