Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Tina Smith. [UPDATED]

Tina Smith????? Huh????????????

Okay now, prove something.

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Strib, "Tina Smith, a political insider, steps onto the national stage - Long known as a "velvet hammer" behind the scenes, she must craft her own public persona as Minnesota's next senator. - By Erin Golden and Jessie Van Berkel - Star Tribune - December 14, 2017 — 3:12am; mid-item notes:


Born in New Mexico, Smith, 59, moved to Minnesota in the 1980s to work in marketing for General Mills. By the ’90s, she’d parlayed that into regular work on political campaigns. She managed Ted Mondale’s campaign for governor in 1998, and in 2002 was a top adviser to Walter Mondale in his last-minute bid to hold onto Paul Wellstone’s Senate seat after Wellstone's death in a plane crash.

So prior to the stint at Planned Parenthood and the Rybak role, marketing cereal and over a subsequent career change, marketing politicians.

Three questions:

1. Who is spouse Archie and what is his career path and current status; what is the family net worth and annual income; and what spousal conflicts of interests may exist?

2. Elizabeth Warren needs a like-minded consumer advocacy champion as a Senate colleague. Is Smith it? (And again, what family conflicts of interest may come in the way of consumer advocacy and single payer advocacy?)

3. Is Smith on the record about any issue position, positively so, and not what might be inferred from Dayton's handling of Governorship policy, staff consultation, and ultimate Governor's office's decision making? (Planned Parenthood senior staff service in the resume suggests a pro-choice policy.)


Readers knowing of any good link to offer re those questions are encouraged to leave a link in a comment. Archie is pictured in a MinnPost report, and half-way pictured in a Pioneer Press photo. From MinnPost:


It is good for any reader wanting to research Archie Smith, since e.g. Linkedin has several and the man seems to keep a low profile. Certainly so, by politician standards.