{"id":2170,"date":"2008-02-23T19:45:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T00:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2008-02-23T19:45:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T00:45:39","slug":"insurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"Insurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the tug-of-war that is grass-roots politics, the goal is to pull the rope as far as you can to the right.<\/p>\n

As we noted last week, a number of GOP legislators were considering abandoning the governor in his veto of the DFL’s Mass Transit Subsidy<\/strike> “Transportation” bill – and the DFL was actively wooing wobbly Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The base is calling BS.\u00a0 And not a moment too soon.\u00a0 Michael Brodkorb notes that one district’s activists have yanked the leash on at least one wobby Republican<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Republicans in HD 49B have delayed endorsing Representative Kathy Tinglestad<\/a> due to her vote for the DFL transit plan.\u00a0 There was no future date set for Tingelstad to be endorsed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the GOP heads into convention season, word has it that the insurrection is spreading to other districts.<\/p>\n

If you’re a Republican who values fiscal restraint and sane priorities, you need to get on the line with your legislator Monday morning<\/em>.\u00a0 AAA at True North gives the handy-dandy list<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Anderson, Bruce (R) 19A -651-296-5063 rep.bruce.anderson@house.mn
\nAnderson, Sarah (R) 43A 651-296-5511 rep.sarah.anderson@house.mn
\nBeard, Michael (R) 35A 651-296-8872 rep.mike.beard@house.mn
\nBerns, John (R) 33B 651-296-4315 rep.john.berns@house.mn
\nBrod, Laura (R) 25A 651-296-4229 rep.laura.brod@house.mn
\nBuesgens, Mark (R) 35B 651-296-5185 rep.mark.buesgens@house.mn
\nCornish, Tony (R) 24B 651-296-4240 rep.tony.cornish@house.mn
\nDean, Matt (R) 52B 651-296-3018 rep.matt.dean@house.mn
\nDeLaForest, Chris (R) 49A 651-296-4231 rep.chris.delaforest@house.mn
\nDemmer, Randy (R) 29A 651-296-9236 rep.randy.demmer@house.mn
\nDettmer, Bob (R) 52A 651-296-4124 rep.bob.dettmer@house.mn
\nDrazkowski, Steve (R) 28B 651-296-2273 rep.steve.drazkowski@house.mn
\nEastlund, Rob (R) 17A 651-296-5364 rep.rob.eastlund@house.mn
\nEmmer, Tom (R) 19B 651-296-4336 rep.tom.emmer@house.mn
\nErickson, Sondra (R) 16A 651-296-6746 rep.sondra.erickson@house.mn
\nFinstad, Brad (R) 21B 651-296-9303 rep.brad.finstad@house.mn
\nGarofalo, Pat (R) 36B 651-296-1069 rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn
\nGottwalt, Steve (R) 15A 651-296-6316 rep.steve.gottwalt@house.mn
\nGunther, Bob (R) 24A 651-296-3240 rep.bob.gunther@house.mn
\nHackbarth, Tom (R) 48A 651-296-2439 rep.tom.hackbarth@house.mn
\nHolberg, Mary Liz (R) 36A 651-296-6926 rep.maryliz.holberg@house.mn
\nHoppe, Joe (R) 34B 651-296-5066 rep.joe.hoppe@house.mn
\nHowes, Larry (R) 04B 651-296-2451 rep.larry.howes@house.mn
\nKohls, Paul (R) 34A 651-296-4282 rep.paul.kohls@house.mn
\nLanning, Morrie (R) 09A 651-296-5515 rep.morrie.lanning@house.mn
\nLesch, John (DFL) <\/strong> 66A 651-296-4224 rep.john.lesch@house.mn
\nMagnus, Doug (R) 22A 651-296-5505 rep.doug.magnus@house.mn
\nMcFarlane, Carol (R) 53B 651-296-5363 rep.carol.mcfarlane@house.mn
\nMcNamara, Denny (R) 57B 651-296-3135 rep.denny.mcnamara@house.mn
\nNornes, Bud (R) 10A 651-296-4946 rep.bud.nornes@house.mn
\nOlson, Mark (IR) 16B 651-296-4237 rep.mark.olson@house.mn
\nOtremba, Mary Ellen (DFL)<\/strong> 11B 651-296-3201 rep.maryellen.otremba@house.mn
\nOzment, Dennis (R) 37B 651-296-4306 rep.dennis.ozment@house.mn
\nPaulsen, Erik (R) 42B 651-296-7449 rep.erik.paulsen@house.mn
\nPeppin, Joyce (R) 32A 651-296-7806 rep.joyce.peppin@house.mn
\nSeifert, Marty (R) 21A 651-296-5374 rep.marty.seifert@house.mn
\nSeverson, Dan (R) 14A 651-296-7808 rep.dan.severson@house.mn
\nShimanski, Ron (R) 18A 651-296-1534 rep.ron.shimanski@house.mn
\nSimpson, Dean (R) 10B 651-296-4293 rep.dean.simpson@house.mn
\nSmith, Steve (R) 33A 651-296-9188 rep.steve.smith@house.mn
\nUrdahl, Dean (R) 18B 651-296-4344 rep.dean.urdahl@house.mn
\nWardlow, Lynn (R) 38B 651-296-4128 rep.lynn.wardlow@house.mn
\nWestrom, Torrey (R) 11A 651-296-4929 rep.torrey.westrom@house.mn
\nZellers, Kurt (R) 32B 651-296-5502 rep.kurt.zellers@house.mn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If they can’t agree on limited government, prosperity, security, culture, family and liberty – and the “Transportation” bill directly impacts four of those -then why are they Republicans, again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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