IS HATCH LOSING?
Mike Hatch is considered the 800-pound gorilla in the race to become the DFL candidate for governor in 2006.
"Long considered the 500-pound gorilla in the DFL gubernatorial contest, Attorney General Mike Hatch now says that if he doesn't win but comes 'even close' to winning party endorsement for that office, he will challenge the endorsee in a September primary.
If delegates to the party's June state convention reject him decisively, Hatch says, he will pull out of the governor's race and run for reelection to his current job -- with or without the DFL's blessing.In the past, such a position would generally have ended a candidate's hopes of gaining party endorsement. Minnesota's DFL activists often have been merciless in their rejection of candidates who don't first promise to honor their endorsement decision.
But Hatch is not playing by the usual endorsement rules -- and with good reason." Source: Star Tribune, January 25, 2006.
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"'Mike has to be considered the 800-pound gorilla in the race,' former state DFL Chairman Mike Erlandson said." Source: Pioneer Press, October 25, 2005
But Hatch is now saying he may run for re-election if he doesn't get close to winning the DFL endorsement for governor.
"If he doesn't get close, he said, 'I would run for attorney general. It's a job I love. I like to think I'm pretty good at it.'" Source: Star Tribune, January 25, 2006
Is Hatch losing the race to become the DFL candidate for governor in 2006?
Who's running his campaign? At the latest DFL candidate forum, Hatch was represented by a state-employee. I could name at least one paid-staffer working on each of the DFL campaigns for governor.
"Long considered the 500-pound gorilla in the DFL gubernatorial contest, Attorney General Mike Hatch now says that if he doesn't win but comes 'even close' to winning party endorsement for that office, he will challenge the endorsee in a September primary.
If delegates to the party's June state convention reject him decisively, Hatch says, he will pull out of the governor's race and run for reelection to his current job -- with or without the DFL's blessing.In the past, such a position would generally have ended a candidate's hopes of gaining party endorsement. Minnesota's DFL activists often have been merciless in their rejection of candidates who don't first promise to honor their endorsement decision.
But Hatch is not playing by the usual endorsement rules -- and with good reason." Source: Star Tribune, January 25, 2006.
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"'Mike has to be considered the 800-pound gorilla in the race,' former state DFL Chairman Mike Erlandson said." Source: Pioneer Press, October 25, 2005
But Hatch is now saying he may run for re-election if he doesn't get close to winning the DFL endorsement for governor.
"If he doesn't get close, he said, 'I would run for attorney general. It's a job I love. I like to think I'm pretty good at it.'" Source: Star Tribune, January 25, 2006
Is Hatch losing the race to become the DFL candidate for governor in 2006?
Who's running his campaign? At the latest DFL candidate forum, Hatch was represented by a state-employee. I could name at least one paid-staffer working on each of the DFL campaigns for governor.
2 Comments:
Well in October Erlandson said Hatch was an 800 pound gorilla, while this week the Startribune said he is a 5oo pound gorilla. So it seems like he is losing in terms of gorilla pounds. Other indicators (such as polls) show hom leading Pawlent.
I don't think Hatch is popular among those who know him well - and despite his self-serving claim that this is because DFLers are too ideological, this distaste for Hatch among DFLers who know him well is because people who know Hatch well don't trust him.
Was it legal for Hatch to have one of his AG staff appear on his behalf at a candidate forum? Or did Lori Swanson do this as a volunteer?
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