Eric, all, I wouldn't call Kelly's endorsement "token." It seems that Kelly has been asked (though hasn't accepted, to the best of my knowledge, anyway) to campaign with Bush when he stops in Mankato on Wed. Moreover, press coverage and the MN GOP website has indicated that Kelly will be stumping all over the state with Pawlenty, House Speaker Steve Sviggum, and former legislator Bob Lessard for the Bush campaign. I consider "token" support as just being a name on some letterhead or on a steering committee. If Kelly's actually cruising around the state for the Bush campaign, seems more than token support to me. Personally, I don't see how Kelly could remain anything but a Republican after this move. He's pretty much lost plausible deniability, at any rate. At this point, the only question that remains is exactly how he sees himself fitting into Republican party leadership in the state, or if he sees a national position for himself in a victorious (heaven forbid) Bush-Cheney administration. My $0.02, erin stojan dayton's bluff, ward 7 Eric Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Probably better to let the individuals make their minds up before puting them up for analysis. A fast rise can cause a harsh fall. I don't get this endorsement. This city is clearly Democratic. Norm Coleman didn't carry one single precinct in the town he governed for two terms, when he ran for Senate. Maybe, just maybe, the Bush administraion has made a deal that is very pro-St Paul (no idea what that could be), and in return they only ask for token support from the Mayor. Of course in doing so, it appears that the Mayor's re-election just got tougher. Kelly didn't switch parties, he just endorsed the best unifier the Democrats ever had. He's too smart of a politician for this to be a simple as it seems. Best to wait and see what comes of this. Eric Mitchell Payne-Phalen --- Dan Dobson wrote: > I have been having discussions over the past few > days > over who we can run against Mayor Kelly. Obviously, > Corkey Finney is high on the list, but I would like > to > hear other names from people who think would be > viable > against Mayor Kelly. > > Dan Dobson > Summit Hill - Saint Paul __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ ----------------------------------------- There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!--- Mario Savio ------------------------------------------ Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
