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DFL SENATOR: POGEMILLER HAS THE VOTES TO BECOME MAJORITY LEADER
By Michael B. Brodkorb | November 9, 2006
According to a GOP state senator who had just spoken with a DFL state senator, Larry Pogemiller has the votes to become the new senate majority leader in the Minnesota Senate.
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November 9th, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Poggie pulled the strings when Johnson was “leader” anyway, so this won’t change anything but the face.
The DFL Senate Caucus will now have the public face of a raving lunatic Lefty rather than the public face of a smarmy, slimy liar.
’08 should be a good year for the GOP in Greater Minnesota in particular as the DFL makes their full shift to the inner cities.
What is E85?
November 9th, 2006 at 12:28 PM
This is very good news for Republicans, if true. His animosity for Pawlenty is going to force the Senate DFL caucus into disastrous, far left policies and brinkmanship.
November 9th, 2006 at 12:30 PM
i wonder if he’ll get a new haircut?
November 9th, 2006 at 12:50 PM
I see the legislature starting to break down into three sets; urban, suburban, and rural. That is where the action will be.
Urban and rural will look to increase spending and the suburban will be asked to pay for it through more taxes.
The Governor better get that veto pen ready.
November 9th, 2006 at 12:56 PM
woot woot!!!!
Bring on the lefties, the best medicene we could hope for….
November 9th, 2006 at 1:03 PM
Good, another radical left-winger to remind Minnesota voters about the hangover they got and the problems they inhereted by voting DFL.
November 9th, 2006 at 1:28 PM
Everybody be quiet and lay low. No more comments and no more posting.
November 9th, 2006 at 1:45 PM
I will believe it when I see it. Do you still have the NSA wiretapping places for you>
November 9th, 2006 at 1:46 PM
Forget it guys. Minnesota is a lost cause. With their super-majorities, you can fully expect the DemoCarps to levy punishing tax increases and legalize of gay “marriage”.
I’ll also predict drivers licenses for illegal immigrants (if we don’t do that now) and some state funding for exploiting murdered or cloned humans for research.
They don’t enjoy that comfort, or their mandates at the national level. But in Minnesota, all bets are off.
November 9th, 2006 at 1:57 PM
A prediction:
Once it is in power, will push hard to the left. The voters will respond accordingly. The GOP base will be energized and will come out and vote. Independent voters will cast their votes against statewide DFL candidates and DFL candidates in the many marginal districts.
The DFL leadership in the legislature, insulated as they are in the echo chambers of their safe districts, will have no clue about how and why this happened. After the dust has settled, the DFL leaders will moan and groan about “voter suppression” and about who “dumb” the voters are.
I base this prediction on past history. Each time the DLF has overreached, the voters spank them for it. And when it comes to overreaching in the future, they can’t stop themselves.
November 9th, 2006 at 2:25 PM
Dumbing It Down,
In your quest to “Dumb it down” you have missed the boat entirely.
Dean Johnson a smarmy liar? Seriously? Don’t get me wrong, I think Pogemiller is the wrong choice, for oh so many reasons, but to pile on Johnson–Pastor, General, Chaplain Johnson is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Read, ingest, regurgitate the talking points all you want, but this is wrong.
Johnson–you know, the guy who Sviggum would mock, chastise, and harrass for missing public forums so that he could be at home with his terminally ill wife–is a class act.
November 9th, 2006 at 3:05 PM
“The DFL Senate Caucus will now have the public face of a raving lunatic Lefty rather than the public face of a smarmy, slimy liar.”
Okay, who let Ann Coulter in here?
November 9th, 2006 at 3:07 PM
Dumbing It Down (aka Chris Tiedeman) is just cranky. Jeff Johnson got humiliated almost as badly as Mark Kennedy did, Krinkie who he supported for the 6th CD race lost his house seat– and well, the Republicans sucked it up basically everywhere else around the state.
Sean
November 9th, 2006 at 3:08 PM
Dean Johnson didn’t lie? Are you talking about the same Johnson?
He lied.
He got caught.
He lied about his lie.
He got spanked out of office.
November 9th, 2006 at 3:59 PM
Thanks for the compliment Sean. Guess again.
And Dean Johnson lied.
November 9th, 2006 at 4:19 PM
You know what I think a lot of people are going to discover? That it was Moderate who sat in the Senate Majority Leaders seat. For those who are for traditonal marriage I have to ask, was the message about what the judges said in casual conversations hurtful to the defense of traditional marriage? We will neve know for certain if any casual conversations occured or didn’t, mute point frankly. But moderates know that we lost a voice in St. Paul with Johnson. District 13 will never know what could have been by being represented in St. Paul by the Senate Majority Leader and possible House Ag Committee Chair.
This race was a good example what outside groups can do in small rural races. You would not believe the number of people who believe that all our judges in Minnesota are appointed and thus they have the makings of being activist judges. This even after filling in their ballots WITH the election of judges on them!
November 9th, 2006 at 5:43 PM
Southern Minny Moderate=
Not only did Johnson lie, he was smarmy and you couldn’t trust him to keep his word. DO you not recall the end of Session ’05 when he promised the Governor, Speaker and House and Senate Minority leaders that he’d talk to his caucus and get things going again so we wouldn’t have a shutdown, then abruptly adjourned for the day with 2 and-a-half hours left in the legislative day?
November 9th, 2006 at 5:45 PM
speaking of judges…can’t wait to see if the judge in the hatch complaint has the balls to rule on the overwhelming evidence.
November 9th, 2006 at 5:53 PM
Flyonthewall do you honestly think it would have mattered? Geez man, I remember watching the coverage on Capital T.V. where you had Sviggum and Pawlenty on one side of a table with their crew around them facing the cameras, and Johnson sitting alone with his back to the camera. Didn’t have to have the sound turned up to know a political ambush when I see one. There were three at the table when the Shut Down occured, two were from the same party. The tactic worked before with the previous majority leader, but Johnson stood his ground.
November 9th, 2006 at 10:34 PM
What about Republicans suggesting some moderate positions that Democrats could agree with, rather than all this bs?
If the DFL comes out with moderate leadership, and reasonable proposals, we’re going to look pretty good.
Why didn’t you govern from the center when you had the power? You radicals are going to be out in the cold for a long time.
November 10th, 2006 at 8:02 AM
Brian’s funny. Stupid, but funny.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:22 PM
To Brian, “moderate” positions include things like:
- Capitulating to al Queda
- Taxing the hell out of anyone who makes more than he does
- Setting up state-run drive-thru abortion clinics
- And putting all the police in jail, while letting the criminals run free
November 10th, 2006 at 4:58 PM
“We will neve know for certain if any casual conversations occured or didn’t, ”
Bull.shit.
“St. Paul, Minn. — In a conference call with reporters, Chief Justice Russell Anderson said he was “incredulous” when he heard about Johnson’s statements that justices had made assurances to him. Anderson says he asked each member of the Minnesota Supreme Court, including former chief justice Kathleen Blatz, to see if anyone ever talked about Minnesota’s Defense of Marriage Act. The law defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Anderson says all justices said “no.” And he made it clear it’s not appropriate for an elected official even to ask a judge about an issue.”