MPR’s Polinaut notes that former Ventura “Independence” Party candidate Dean Barkley is asking for help retiring his campaign debt.
Barkley who got 17% in his Senate race against Coleman and Franken last November, hasn’t lost that old Indy Party sense of self-confidence-unto-the-the-point-of-delusion:
Barkley said he would probably win the election if it were held today.
Perhaps if a supply of uncounted votes from unicorns and gnomes would turn up in Duluth. Having “interviewed” Barkley during the last cycle, I think if more people met “the real Dean Barkley”, he might actually perform worse than he did last fall.
I think if more people met “the real Dean Barkley”, he might actually perform worse than he did last fall.
Tough to say, Mitch- especially if we had a law like in Georgia that would call for a new election (instead of this re-“count”) in the event the first election-night winner got under 50%.
And also factoring in Norm Coleman’s utter lack of charisma and Al Franken’s utter vileness, Barkley might have had a real chance.
Or maybe I’m just nostalgic for the days when I thought I could be some kind of “moderate/centrist” in the Reform/Independence Party . . .
This tilting at windmills by Barkley is something he will do until he gets a life.It’s almost annoying.Anyone who voted for him got baited and switched.Most had buyer’s remorse once they saw that Franken was actually out to steal the election and it wasn’t going to be a Minnesota Nice aftermath. They might have been mad at Norm but they certainly did not want Franken and his agenda.So to all of you saps who voted for Barkley and have led us into this mess of an election ,I say ,”Get a clue!” This faux Independence Party is a party of one ego and a lot of also-rans.They’re actually worse than the Republicans that keep voting for these Democrat Lite candidates like Coleman.Tase ’em all.TaserDad