DFL NEEDS A HISTORY LESSON
"DFL Party officials have picked up on the buzz and are beginning to ask whether Pawlenty intends to finish a second term, if reelected.
'Maybe Rove's the guy that Pawlenty wants to run his presidential campaign,' said Bill Amberg, the DFL Party's communications director. 'But obviously the governor has a lot of more important work to do here in Minnesota. ... We hope he focuses more of his time on governing and less on politicking.'" Source: Star Tribune, March 31, 2005
For the next 585 days, the DFL Party is going to ask Governor Pawlenty if he intends on finishing his second term. They will try and make the case that Pawlenty is using Minnesota as a stepping stone to the White House.
But one of Minnesota's most respected and admired statesman, Hubert H. Humphrey, ran for president three times within 12 years. In fact when Humphrey announced his "political resurrection" on June 13, 1970, "Humphrey said he had no intention of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972..." Source: Almost to the Presidency, by Albert Eisele.
Less two years later on January 10, 1972, Humphrey announced that he was seeking the Democratic nomination for president.
Humphrey's presidential ambitions didn't start when he was elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time in 1948: "Even as mayor of Minnesapolis in the 1940's, Humphrey and his closest advisors thought it not preposterous to talk about whom they would have in a Humphrey Cabinet." Source: Almost to the Presidency, by Albert Eisele
So the next time the DFL asks Pawlenty if he plans on finishing his second term, think of the Happy Warrior, Hubert H. Humphrey and his never ending campaign for the presidency.
Disclaimer: I don't want any complaints from DFLers about comparing Pawlenty to Humphrey. I am not claiming that Humphrey's record of public service equals Pawlenty's accomplishments in office. I am making a historical comparison of two Minnesota politicians.
'Maybe Rove's the guy that Pawlenty wants to run his presidential campaign,' said Bill Amberg, the DFL Party's communications director. 'But obviously the governor has a lot of more important work to do here in Minnesota. ... We hope he focuses more of his time on governing and less on politicking.'" Source: Star Tribune, March 31, 2005
For the next 585 days, the DFL Party is going to ask Governor Pawlenty if he intends on finishing his second term. They will try and make the case that Pawlenty is using Minnesota as a stepping stone to the White House.
But one of Minnesota's most respected and admired statesman, Hubert H. Humphrey, ran for president three times within 12 years. In fact when Humphrey announced his "political resurrection" on June 13, 1970, "Humphrey said he had no intention of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972..." Source: Almost to the Presidency, by Albert Eisele.
Less two years later on January 10, 1972, Humphrey announced that he was seeking the Democratic nomination for president.
Humphrey's presidential ambitions didn't start when he was elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time in 1948: "Even as mayor of Minnesapolis in the 1940's, Humphrey and his closest advisors thought it not preposterous to talk about whom they would have in a Humphrey Cabinet." Source: Almost to the Presidency, by Albert Eisele
So the next time the DFL asks Pawlenty if he plans on finishing his second term, think of the Happy Warrior, Hubert H. Humphrey and his never ending campaign for the presidency.
Disclaimer: I don't want any complaints from DFLers about comparing Pawlenty to Humphrey. I am not claiming that Humphrey's record of public service equals Pawlenty's accomplishments in office. I am making a historical comparison of two Minnesota politicians.
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