But the republicans persist in endorsing far-right candidates who
>don't appeal, don't even attempt to appeal to those swing
>voters. (Remember the last election where one republican said something to
>the effect that blacks come from the jungles are are genetically more
>pre-disposed to animal behavior? And she was running for school board in a
>city with over 50% minority students in the schools! She came in dead last
>-- didn't even get the standard 15,000 republican votes.)
And the other GOP School board candidates distanced themselves from her.
As did the party. Remember that the Republican party endorsed Terrell
Brown for State Senate (fully aware that Brown was openly gay).
> As a DFL party activist, I kind of like not having a republican
>opposition. But since the DFL party then has to cover the whole range from
>moderate to radical liberal, it results in the battles being internal
>fights in the DFL party. And we all know that fights in your own family
>are more vicious than fights with outsiders. This seems to contribute to
>constant turmoil & fights within the DFL party, with grudges & bad feelings
>held afterwards. Sometimes I think we DFL'ers would be better off if we
>had a common enemy in the form of a strong republican candidate -- just not
>strong enough to get elected.
I think the city would be better off -- with a strong moderate Republican
candidate who could get elected. The state party needs to invest more in
building a party in Minneapolis -- and state legislators need to quit
passing "screw Minneapolis" type bills (like that bill that taxes
businesses near the light rail line -- but exempts NWA and the Mall of
America).
I've also been to the Republican party caucuses in the city -- and have
talked with some of the leadership. Most are moderates. It's true that
the state convention was dominated by some nutcases but in the 61 district
we passed a sodomy repeal resolution and the 60th district passed a
resolution to get rid of platform plank 4 in it's entirety (most of the
anti-abortion and anti-gay language resides in that plank).
Personally when playing any sort of game I enjoy the game much more when
it's a challenge. Anyway I'm glad Tim Bonham wants a stronger Republican
party..... I think the Minneapolis Republicans got our work cut out for us.
Ofcourse part of the point is to get a winning Republican party in the
city -- not something Tim Bonham wants.
Eva
Eva Young
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