Say what you will about Matt Entenza. The current #3-runner in the DFL primary race knows what makes liberal voters (as opposed to DFL activists) swoon. He ended a couple of days of speculation yesterday by picking Channel 9 anchorette Robyne Robinson as his running mate.
In a news release from the Entenza campaign, Robinson said: “Whether it’s his vision for the clean energy economy, his dedication to reinvesting in schools, or his commitment to civil rights, Matt has spent his career standing up for Minnesota families. I am humbled and honored that he asked me to join his campaign. I look forward to traveling the state over the next months on the campaign trail and then getting to work making Matt’s bold vision a reality.”
Entenza’s “bold vision”, of course, is the same as that of Margaret Anderson-Kelliher and Mark Dayton (and his “Independence” Party rival, crypto-liberal Tom Horner); more m0ney. More money for PC boondoggles, more for the Minnesota Federation of Teachers (with fewer strings attached), more money for molding Minnesota to the DFL’s vision.
But Entenza has differentiated himself, and perhaps shrewdly, by picking Robinson.
Unlike Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s faux-bipartisan mock-reach-across-the-aisle to died-in-the-wool liberal John Gunyou (who is “bipartisan” because he was budget director for Arne Carlson, which is like saying Meier Lansky wasn’t a mobster because he wasn’t Italian), and Mark Dayton’s dreary shoring-up-with-the-activists choice of Yvonne Prettner-Solon, Entenza has shown that he understands the real lessons of the Obama victory; go shallow. Play for surface effect.
The mere possibility of an Entenza-Robinson ticket generated more heat for Entenza’s campaign than he’d been able to produce on his own, despite his year long campaign and his first-in-the-race television ad presence. While Fox 9 isn’t seen in every corner of the state, she has fans all over and adds star power to his campaign.
“This reinforces our message; we’ve got to do things a new way and we have to get refocused as a state. The old ways aren’t working,” Entenza said Thursday.
Robyne Robinson; bringing that vaunted TV Anchor rigor and knowledge to the Entenza ticket.
I still think Don Quixote de la Entenza should have picked Russell Shimooka.
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/05/lt_gov_candidat_1.php
She’s got some great advice!
Right Mitch, because nationally, picking people like Sarah “empty-head”/”lying sack-o-crap” Palin to be your veep isn’t something a national party would do, would they?.
I’d love to see a debate between Robinson and Palin. I have a good idea who’d win.
Pot meet Mr. Kettle
By the way, Arne Calrson was absolutely a Republican, he just wasn’t YOUR class of Republican, which is to say, he wasn’t a neo-con ideologue, incapable of comprimise. The same is true of Gunyou. The party left them, they didn’t leave the party. Small tent=GOP. Independent thoughGOP.
Right Mitch, because nationally, picking people like Sarah “empty-head”/”lying sack-o-crap” Palin to be your veep isn’t something a national party would do, would they?.
Leave aside the ad-hominem for a moment – Palin is quite clearly smarter than anyone the DFL has running for office this year – what makes you think “your candedete is teh dumb, so you can’t call oar candeideat teh dum” is a convincing argument? I mean, even if Sarah Palin were as dumb as you all need her to be to fit the narrative you were issued by your superiors, how would that justify your party nominating a genuine vapid empty-suit party grrl like Robinson, who’s never been elected to anything but a party planning committee?
I’d love to see a debate between Robinson and Palin. I have a good idea who’d win.
Since it’ll never happen, talk is very, very cheap.
By the way, Pen? Since you already comment under a pseudonym, please use that pseudonym when commenting here. I asked already once.
By the way, Arne Calrson was absolutely a Republican, he just wasn’t YOUR class of Republican,
That’s right.
My class won. His class lost, and the only people who care about them are DFLers who want to try to use his example to undercut their competition.
which is to say, he wasn’t a neo-con ideologue, incapable of comprimise.
I doubt you even know what that means.
The same is true of Gunyou. The party left them, they didn’t leave the party.
Er…you do know that Gunyou was never actually a Republican, don’t you?
No, I’ll imagine not.
Small tent=GOP. Independent thoughGOP.
You sure got the slogans. You can’t defend them with anything but more slogans, but kudos on the memory retention achievement.
precious peev flies to the defense of Robyn Robinson the DFL answer to Jesse Ventura? Robyn Robinson = “All the intelligence and half the sex appeal!
btw peev if Palin is so dumb why do you intellectual pantywaists wet yourselves and whine whenever you hear her name – you’re like badly trained Labradors.
Bottom line is a Lt. Gov. pick rarely makes a positive impact. If anything, they can be more of a drag on the ticket than uplifting (see Judi Dutcher)
See what McCain started! Apparently, being a journalist means that you are in the know therefore you are qualified. I have no doubt that Ms. Robinson is smart enough, but do you want Jim Souhan on the Twins, Sid Hartman on the Vikings, Deb Brown in the Department of Agriculture, etc.? And where in government should we put The Old Scout? I’m not a big fan of “stepping stone” politicians but a little experience with government wouldn’t hurt.
I dont’ know that Palin called herself a “journalist”. She – like Ronald Reagan – had gotten a start as a sportscaster.
If nothing else, Democrats are consistent. Robinson, while being a very attractive woman, has about as much relevant experience to hold ANY elected office, as our current Marxist-In-Chief did when he shnookered 53% of the country into voting for him.
Palin had far more relevant experience in being an EXECUTIVE leader than Obama, Biden and McCain combined. Her biggest problem was that she didn’t have years of grooming in front of the oppositional MSM like McCain did. And even then he still managed to stick his foot in his mouth a bunch.
But Robyne was on FOX therefore she is part of the Right Wing media, right?
Bill?????
“If nothing else, Democrats are consistent. Robinson, while being a very attractive woman,”
Kelliher? Napolitano? Hillary? Klobachar?
Ok, I wrote that wrong. the “while being a very attractive woman” was just a personal opinion. The main gist of my comment is that Democrats like picking people with zero experience.
He learned another Obama lesson . . . up the victim ante.
If your opponent picked a woman, pick a minority. Minority trumps woman in victim heirarchy, which is all the DFL cares about.
New bumper stickers out soon: Vote for Entenza or you hate Black people.
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The only reason one would not vote for Entenza is racism and sexism.