hard no, good, yes... On 11/8/05, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gee...that's not hard. A Democrat loses to another Democrat because he was > seen as being supportive of a Republican? Where's the news in that? > > And Minnesota? We're talking about a state where at Paul Wellstone's > funeral people booed Republican Senators who were there to pay their > respects. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: St Paul Mayor Bush Wacked > > Brian Bakst, Associated Press > Last update: November 8, 2005 at 8:54 PM > > St. Paul voters punished Mayor Randy Kelly on Tuesday for standing > with President Bush a year ago, denying the Democrat a second term in > Minnesota's capital city. > > Former City Council member Chris Coleman, also a Democrat, routed > Kelly by a more than 2-to-1 margin in unofficial returns with most > precincts reporting. Ahead of the election, independent polls showed > voters were primed to fire Kelly, and most cited his 2004 endorsement > of the Republican president as the reason. > > No sitting St. Paul mayor had lost a campaign since 1974. Kelly had a > personal election streak that spanned just as long, covering his > quarter-century in the Legislature and first term as mayor. > > "It may sound silly, but Kelly was for Bush and I'm not,'' said > retiree Audrey Guith after casting her vote for Coleman. > > > >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180502 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
