DFL Convention Notes

While at the State GOP convention there was a brief flash of an idea that we might be able to broadcast from the State DFL convention. It fell through, alas - I would have loved to have made the trip - but I followed the polling via excellent liveblogging from Michael Brodkorb, Flash and Rew.

Just some scattered observations:

• Becky Lourey's big vision - as articulated in her withdrawal speech after the fourth ballot - was organic farming? Yeah, Becks - take that one to the streets this September/November. Go for it.
• MPR still uses Tim Penny as a commentator. His "commentary", both at the DFL and at last week's GOP convos, is nothing but an unpaid ad for the Ventura Independence "Party"; Penny can't squeeze out a sentence without mentioning Peter Hutchinson. Which is a good thing, since I sincerely doubt that more than a tiny fraction of the IP's "support" comes from Republicans. Speaking of which - why does anyone care what Tim Penny has to say?
• Speaking of MPR, I know someone down there reads this blog. Please - tell Tim Pugmeier to take coffee. Now. The guy is positively somnambulent.
• Patty Wetterling - Oh, my. I hate to say anything out of turn, but....oh, my. What a crummy stump speaker.
• No, wait - Lourey is worse
• I was so hoping to hear a Wild Wendy speech. But then, with people like Wetterling, Betty "Rubble" McCollum and Loury on the stand, Wilde might almost be listenable in comparison.

More observations as I continue to listen.

Assuming I do...

Posted by Mitch at June 10, 2006 04:16 PM | TrackBack