The Heat
By Mitch Berg
Ron Erhard – “Moderate” GOP represenative from Edina – must be feeling a little pressure. After all, the DFL controls the House and Senate, but Pawlenty still has the veto pen – and the February 5 caucuses saw an avalanche of conservative turnout. And that avalanche is making its presence known; the denial of endorsement to Mary Tingelstad on Saturday was just the first symptom.
Oh, yeah – and pressure from taxpayers:
Rep. Ron Erhardt, in responding to a caller asking him to uphold the Governor’s veto on the transportation bill and all of the taxes it contains and to not support the Democrat override attempt responded with anger and profanity, telling the caller to “tell the people who told you to call to go ‘F***’ themselves.”
Erhard must be feeling the heat. He’s even got a challenger for his office: Keith Downey, a genuine conservative, has an energized campaign that kicked Erhard’s butt at the caucuses, and is angling for the nomination. If you’re a Republican in Edina, get on board wtih Downey. It’d be good to show another RINO the price of abandoning principle.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:02 am
” It’d be good to show another RINO the price of abandoning principle.”
And to assure the election of a Democrat. Thanks for your help!!
Flash
February 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Tell it to Michele Bachmann.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I think you mean Kathy Tingelstad, not Mary Tingelstad
February 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I didn’t know Bachmann beat out a RINO in a purple district to ‘show it to the moderates’ Did I miss something? I thought she just replaced another BushCo marionette in a Red district.
Let’s see how things play in the 3rd, but without incumbency, I have a feeling unless you play the moderate card, you may be in trouble there. But don’t take my word for it, roll the dice on your own.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
If “play the moderate card” means behave as any Democrat replacement would, then a “roll the dice” move might not hurt at all. *shrug*
February 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I didn’t know Bachmann beat out a RINO in a purple district
Nobody said anything of the sort.
Merely that she ran as an unapologetic conservative, against heavy (and occasionally deranged) opposition, and won in a year when more mealy-mouthed Republicans lost.