Oh, No. Please, Democrats. Not Steve Kelley. Please.
By Mitch Berg
Sean Broom at MNPublius has the, um, oh-so-dire news for Republicans; Steve Kelley (AKA “The John Edwards of Minnesota”), former Senator from Hopkins, is going to run for Goober:
Senator Kelley was the surprise of the 2006 State Convention with a much stronger than expected showing. He ran for Attorney General after Matt Entenza dropped out and lost narrowly to Lori Swanson. And the conventional wisdom in DFL circles is Kelley had been our Gubernatorial candidate in 06 he’d be occupying the Governors mansion now.
That’s right – he was an also-ran among the zealots, twice, on top of being a totally Edwards-like lawyer with, if this is possible, even less likeability than Mike Hatch…
…er, I mean, “No, DFL, please! For the love of all that is good, please give us Republicans a chance, and do not nominate Kelley. I beg of you!
(Whew. Almost let that one slip out).
December 16th, 2008 at 7:10 am
C’mon Mitch, we need Steve Kelley. Who else in Minnesota politics is capable of filling the role ordinarily filled by the rapidly aging Ole Savior?
Steve Kelley: the answer to a question no one has asked.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Nice try Mitch. We know that this is nothing but a clever triple-reverse ruse because you truly fear the dynamic personality that is Steve Kelley.