Shot in the Dark

Kind Of A Good News/Bad News/Worse News Situation

The good news:  Bloody Mary Moriarty is not running for re-election as Henco Attorney.  

The bad news? It’s so she can focus on “transforming the office” even further:

“I ran for this office to do the hard work; the work that desperately needed doing and the work the voters chose when I was elected in 2022 by 16 points,”Moriarty said in the release. “We’ve become accustomed to elected officials who don’t deliver results and end up more invested in clinging to power than doing the work of the people. That is not me. As I have weighed whether I wanted to spend the last year and a half of my term focused primarily on campaigning or continuing to transform this office, the choice became clear. I want to focus on running the office, rather than running for office.”

The worse news?

Remember – the Cano Corollary to Berg’s 21st Law is called a “law” for a reason:

In Blue city electoral politics, “blue” never gets “lighter” or less “progressive”.  There is only one electoral direction – more “progressive”. 

A symptom of this is when one sees people just barely to the left of a city’s Overton Window referring to the progressive politicidans and institutions in power as “Conservatives” or “Republicans”.  

When Alondra Cano seems like a sane, rational stateswoman, the Frey Corollary is in effect.

Worst – ergo most likely – scenario:  Moriarty spends the rest of her term gutting whatever vestiges of traditional law and order might remain her her office, turns it over to someone who will be subtly running to challenge Omar Fateh, Keith Ellison or Ilhan Omar from the left one day.  


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7 responses to “Kind Of A Good News/Bad News/Worse News Situation”

  1. justplainangry Avatar
    justplainangry

    I disagree. ” I want to focus on running the office…” is a subtle nod she has higher aspirations. Look for her to jump into Goobernor’s race now that Wierd Tim is damaged goods even to progressives.

  2. John "Bigman" Jones Avatar
    John “Bigman” Jones

    US Senator Tina Smith is not running for reelection. Walz will run for her seat. Keith Ellison will run for Governor. Moriarty will run for Attorney General.

    Musical chairs but the same players

  3. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    A couple of uber Leftist “prosecutors” got run out of their formerly respectable cities in California. I don’t think that things are bad enough in HennCo for there to be a rebound, yet.

  4. bikebubba Avatar

    The impact of what Moriarty wants to do is emphasized by the fact that when a prosecutor is doing his/her job well, they ordinarily don’t need to work that hard to get re-elected. People read the papers and such and see that criminals are being punished, justice is being administered fairly, etc..

    So when she draws a contrast between the two, that means that her plan is to do some things that will be incredibly unpopular; moving things even further progressive/lawless. Yikes. Time for the state to step in and impose some limitations on what can be done in Hennepin County, if the county board won’t impose some limitations.

  5. bobby b Avatar
    bobby b

    “Gee, should we elect this committed crim defense lawyer as our prosecutor? Sure, we’ll get more equity that way!”

    Mpls gets what the voters request. Ouch.

  6. Mitch Berg Avatar
    Mitch Berg

    “So when she draws a contrast between the two, that means that her plan is to do some things that will be incredibly unpopular; moving things even further progressive/lawless. Yikes.”

    Exactly my thoughts.

  7. ArthurRadley Avatar
    ArthurRadley

    Camp Wellstone alum Rochelle Olson wrote a piece aimed directly at you white, male Neanderthals.

    Rochelle wants you to know Mariority is a Saint; a gift from the goddess, and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll elect a clone to replace her.

    Rochelle knows you h8 Mary, because she’s a strong cis lesbian who stands against the
    Patriarchy©️. But she is confident you will be crushed like bugs, yet again.

    10/10 she is right.

    https://www.startribune.com/hennepin-county-attorney-race-moriarty-second-term/601451564

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