KELLEY FIRES ANOTHER SHOT AT HATCH
"It is also notable that 83% of the attendees supported someone other than reputed front-runner Mike Hatch. Hatch's weakness, combined with Kelley's victory, suggests that the DFL is ready to unify early behind a candidate who can defeat Governor Pawlenty, rather than simply support the best known candidate." Source: Kelley for Minnesota e-mail, February 27, 2006
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Mike Hatch is leading the race for Governor according to every available indicator.
Folks, the real straw poll will be at the DFL precinct caucuses. A poll at a fundraiser is in no way indicative of the level of support a candidate may or may not have statewide. I know that Steve Kelley's campaign had put a lot of energy into organizing for the fundraiser. The real test again will be how they come out at the caucuses, because it is there that the endorsement race will start.
I am predicting that not only will Mike Hatch win the straw poll, but he will do it walking away. His support is broad and statewide. He is the only candidate running, that is not a regional or single issue candidate.
Every indicator: money, endorsements from organizations, elected official support, and party activist support has Mike Hatch leading at this point in the campaign. No other campaign has put together the level of support that Mike has, clearly he is doing something right.
For all those people spinning for other candidates: put up or shut up! The test begins next Tuesday!
The race for governor doesn't matter right now. It's the race for the DFL nomination that matters, and he's not winning that.
Does the DFL want a candidate that can only win the nomination? As a delegate the most important element in my decison will be: Who can win in November?
John Marty, Skip Humprhrey and Roger Moe peaked in June. Mike Hatch is leading the general election race for Governor according to every available indicator.
Mike Hatch is exactly what Skip and Roger were:
Popular elected long time office holders that had all of the connections and the money network. Now, where did that get the DFL? Third place in 1998(is there a more famous name in Minnesota politics than Humphrey?) and no cigar in 2002.
When will the DFL learn that the same ol, same ol will reel in the same ol results. In this case, Governor Pawlenty wins another four years.
"Mike Hatch is leading the race for Governor according to every available indicator."- that's the problem. They (GOP) are gunning for him already. Hatch is being coy and laying low but he's taking a beating from other DFLers for dissing their events and the Republicans because he's the frontrunner. By the time he makes a move they will have defined him and someone not for Minnesota and we'll nominate him because of the rhetoric like above, and we loose. Again.
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