Comments on: Republican working for Keith Ellison? http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/republican-working-for-keith-ellison/ A tolerated heretic in the Minnesota DFL Party Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dexter http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/republican-working-for-keith-ellison/#comment-647 Dexter Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:59:59 +0000 http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-647 Chad the Elder, you're spot on. It's not defeatist but realistic for a conservative to see that BDW has raised almost nothing and is already in debt and has no aggressive campaign going on. You don't beat an incumbent that way. It's called putting up a token candidate. Ellison is going to win by 2-1. The other MN Dem members of Congress also have token to no opposition except Walz. The 3rd, 1st and 6th are probably the GOP priorities in that order. Chad the Elder, you’re spot on. It’s not defeatist but realistic for a conservative to see that BDW has raised almost nothing and is already in debt and has no aggressive campaign going on. You don’t beat an incumbent that way. It’s called putting up a token candidate.

Ellison is going to win by 2-1. The other MN Dem members of Congress also have token to no opposition except Walz. The 3rd, 1st and 6th are probably the GOP priorities in that order.

]]> By: Nachman http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/republican-working-for-keith-ellison/#comment-646 Nachman Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:05:32 +0000 http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-646 You have the mic on a major local radio station. Instead of sounding defeatist, you should have examined the positions and tactics of your party's candidate and then made a comparison with Keith Ellison. That would have been a more constructive use of airtime. You have the mic on a major local radio station. Instead of sounding defeatist, you should have examined the positions and tactics of your party’s candidate and then made a comparison with Keith Ellison. That would have been a more constructive use of airtime.

]]> By: chad the elder http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/republican-working-for-keith-ellison/#comment-645 chad the elder Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:46 +0000 http://loyalopposition.wordpress.com/?p=166#comment-645 Chad the Elder is a realist who has lived in the Fifth District long enough to understand the facts on the ground. It's silly and counter-productive to pretend otherwise. It's also not very conservative to persist in believing in a particular outcome when all available evidence suggests an opposite result. But if you want, I can play make-believe too. "John McCain is going to win in a historic landslide." "The Republicans are going to retake control of the House and the Senate." "In Minnesota the GOP is going to retake the House." "The Vikings are going to win the Super Bowl." Feel better now? Chad the Elder is a realist who has lived in the Fifth District long enough to understand the facts on the ground. It’s silly and counter-productive to pretend otherwise. It’s also not very conservative to persist in believing in a particular outcome when all available evidence suggests an opposite result.

But if you want, I can play make-believe too.

“John McCain is going to win in a historic landslide.”

“The Republicans are going to retake control of the House and the Senate.”

“In Minnesota the GOP is going to retake the House.”

“The Vikings are going to win the Super Bowl.”

Feel better now?

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