The demands of show prep kept me from the Tax Rally yesterday.

I hope to think I’ll do my part anyway.

Janet from the SCSU Scholars was there, of course:

in 2006 MN Republicans, along with Republicans across the country, decided to stay home and “teach the Republicans a lesson.” In MN, that “lesson” resulted in the largest tax increase in 150 years, courtesy of our DFL (Democrat, Farmer Labor party). Today we held our tax payer rally at the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN.

The usual suspects were there – Reps like John Kline and Michele Bachmann, of course, who’ve been fighting the good fight for their entire political careers; Jason Lewis, who has literally built a career out of leading or demagogueing the issue (depending on whether you ask an honest, law-abiding Minnesotan or a slack-jawed orc who is “Happy To Pay For A Better Minnesota” and thinks Lori Sturdevant is a centrist.

And there was new blood, too.  By all accounts Barb Davis-White blew the doors off the place:

Can I say it’s great to see American political sartorial styles being driven by George Clinton rather than Bill Clinton.

Seriously though – every single person I’ve heard talk about the rally sang Davis-White’s praises.  She’s a great speaker, an engaging person, and a solid candidate to go after Keith Ellison.

Needless to say, you’ll be hearing a lot more about both her and Fourth District GOP-endorsed candidate Ed Matthews.

Til next year!