Inconsistent

The Sluggin' Hatch Sisters are not, of course, the first children of a prominent Minnesota politician to get into trouble.

Tyrell Ventura served briefly as Minnesota's Billy Carter. But much more troubling was the media's - and the DFL establishment's - treatment of the Morgan Grams story. Grams was the non-custodial son of then-Senator Rod Grams, a solid conservative (and, ergo, anathema to the DFL and the local media).

Although Morgan's mother and the senator had been divorced for some time, and Grams had had very little to do with his son's upbringing (as, indeed, most non-custodial parents don't), the media treated the younger Grams' antics as front-page news.

Minnesota Democrats Exposed has more about Attorney General Hatch's activities back when Morgan Grams was on every front page in the state.