{"id":5206,"date":"2009-08-06T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2009-08-06T09:37:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T14:37:30","slug":"for-all-the-wrong-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5206","title":{"rendered":"For All The Wrong Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DFL, stricken as they are by Bachmann Derangement Syndrome, are throwing one of their more promising lights<\/a> at Michele Bachmann in the Sixth District.<\/p>\n

Sen. Tarryl Clark (DFL-St. Cloud) announced officially last week that she was running for the DFL endorsement to face Rep. Michele Bachmann in the MN-06 race. Yesterday, her path became much simpler; Elwyn Tinklenberg shuttered his campaign leaving her and Maureen Reed vying for the endorsement. This development makes Tarryl the frontrunner for the endorsement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Patty Wetterling and E-Tink immolated their political careers against Bachmann.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But\u00a0according to Eric “Big” Pusey at Minnesota “Progressive” Project<\/em>, this time it’s different.\u00a0 <\/em>See if you can spot the catch:<\/p>\n

DFL activists throughout Minnesota know Tarryl as a rising star in the party. She’s worked with at-risk teens and for the Girl Scouts. She helped start Habitat for Humanity in the St. Cloud area. She attended an accredited law school [Not just a law school, but an “accredited” one?\u00a0 Yowza.\u00a0 Does she want a cookie? – Ed<\/em>], William Mitchell in St. Paul, and worked for Legal Aid for seniors focusing on their healthcare issues.<\/p>\n

The legislators I’ve spoken to all speak highly of her, she was appointed Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate and probably most importantly, she claims that she already has a decent volunteer base that’s been growing rapidly since her announcement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s right – DFLers just loooooove Tarryl Clark<\/em>.\u00a0 In a district that’s conservative enough to buck two Democrat flood tides and elect the feisty, controversial (because she’s female and conservative) Bachmann, that is a dubious distinction in the best of times.<\/p>\n

In 2010?\u00a0 When the American hinterland is clutching their chest and reaching for the nitro pills for the sticker shock on all of that Hope and Change?\u00a0 With a record like Tarryl Clark’s – as a tax-and-spender with less grace than Marie Antoinette, albeit arguably more than Cy “When you win, you keep your money; when we win, we take your money” Thao?<\/p>\n

Yes, DFL.\u00a0 Please.\u00a0 I beg of you.\u00a0 Nominate Clark in the Sixth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The DFL, stricken as they are by Bachmann Derangement Syndrome, are throwing one of their more promising lights at Michele Bachmann in the Sixth District. Sen. Tarryl Clark (DFL-St. Cloud) announced officially last week that she was running for the DFL endorsement to face Rep. Michele Bachmann in the MN-06 race. Yesterday, her path became […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-minnesota-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}