{"id":9165,"date":"2010-03-09T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T18:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=9165"},"modified":"2011-09-01T07:59:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T12:59:45","slug":"can-minnesota-shoot-itself-in-the-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=9165","title":{"rendered":"Can Minnesota Shoot Itself In The Foot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at Minnesota “Progressive” Project, a writer named “MNBearBud” plaintively asks “Can Minnesota Elect a Bold Progressive Governor in 2010?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

It’s a mash note for<\/p>\n

As I have been helping out at a couple different DFL Conventions in the past couple weeks I have been hearing something that kind of disturbs me. The following quote is a paraphrase of several like it that I have heard.\u00a0 “Minnesota is not ready for a bold progressive Governor, we need a nice slow moderate progressive.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I find this remark to be quite interesting given the present state of affairs with Gov. Tim Pawlenty running what used to be a great Minnesota right into the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[So far “into the ground” that our unemployment rate is better than most of the nation in the midst of the Great Depression<\/span> “Recession”.\u00a0 But I digress – Ed<\/em>.]<\/p>\n

Our State Legislator can pass progressive bills, but they get stopped in their tracks by the Governor’s office. This is exactly what happened with GAMC. Yet, as much as people want progressive change, there are those who think that a bold progressive guy like John Marty just cannot be elected Governor. I am going to the State Convention as an alternate delegate for John Marty and I stand by that decision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The plea is something I hear from a lot of “progressives”; “why can’t we have another Elmer Anderson or Floyd Olson, and have him now<\/em>?”<\/p>\n

Well, the answer is simple.\u00a0 No, Minnesota will not have a bold “progressive” governor this go-around.<\/p>\n

Here’s why:<\/p>\n