Shot In The Dark: Churn

June 03, 2005

Churn

As Minnesota's state government flirts with shutdown, the claws are coming out:

Long-simmering tensions between the Republican governor and DFL Attorney General Mike Hatch came to a head Thursday, with Pawlenty openly challenging Hatch's ability to represent the administration, saying that Hatch's possible gubernatorial candidacy may pose an insurmountable conflict of interest.

With all of the challenges facing his administration, Pawlenty said, "If one issue is what the administration can and can't do, our attorney can't simultaneously be our political opponent."

As, indeed, Hatch has been. Over and over.

Hatch later told reporters: "I am not representing him [Pawlenty]. We don't have a king. We represent state government."

Right. Including the adminstration!

Hatch is an elected constitutional officer, so politics is inseparable from his position (as, indeed, it is with Hatch himself, a former DFL party chair and one of the most through-and-through political people in Minnesota). But if his politics affect his abiliity to represent his clients - and the administration is one of them - isn't this a problem?

Posted by Mitch at June 3, 2005 05:54 AM | TrackBack

Comments

The only person Hatch represents with any passion is Hatch, and some other poor souls when they have PR value as stage props for the "Mike Hatch: Your Next Governor" show. Also, he represents his daughters when they're in jail, with the appropriate diligence, if not passion. So, he's got that going for him.

Posted by: RBMN at June 3, 2005 11:10 AM

AG Hatch is going to be speaking at the 2005 Health Law Institute seminar held on June 13, 2005. I’ll be attending on behalf of my employer. At last year’s event we had a guy from the MN AG’s office (another guy named Mike incidentally) who referred to pharmaceutical companies as the “axis of evil” and tried to turn the seminar into his personal little political platform.

If I can find an internet connection, I’m thinking of trying to live blog the event.

Posted by: Thorley Winston at June 3, 2005 11:17 AM

I heard the funniest thing on Jason Lewis' show a few years back before HE DESERTED US!! *grumble*

"NAAG: National Association of Attorneys General. Otherwise known as the National Association of Aspiring Governors"

Posted by: FJBill at June 3, 2005 10:52 PM

I heard the funniest thing on Jason Lewis' show a few years back before HE DESERTED US!! *grumble*

"NAAG: National Association of Attorneys General. Otherwise known as the National Association of Aspiring Governors"

Posted by: FJBill at June 3, 2005 10:53 PM

Actually I still listen to Jason Lewis just about every weekday from 2-5pm.

http://www.wbt.com/programming/person.cfm?personsID=5

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