Next, Residual Forces reports interesting news, hopefully it all will prove correct since Ron Carey related items are not widely reported. First, Ron Carey to be Michele Bachmann's staff head, starting February; noted here and here. Here, Brod backs Emmer.
Fund raising analysis and primary implications. Fund raising commentary and reporting, here, here, and here. If there's more, I have not seen it, and apparently the CFB for state races will post news Monday. That should lead to widespread reporting and analysis.
My question, with the GOP looking like Siefert and Emmer as the contestants, and Siefert seeming to have the inside track if not the thing in the bag, what happens to the Emmer true believers? Grin and bear it? Move to Repya in the IP? What?
Next, with the continued strength and committment of the DFL candidates, so many, it might be that the convention reaches no endorsement decision. That means those who've committed to abiding by the endorsement will have no choice but to either fold the hand or go into the primary. Siefert and the mud-slingers on that side will have to wait for specific mud-slinging and instead have only their Tea Party and hate-immigrants, hate-healthcare, hate-taxes, hate-Pelosi, hate-Obama, hate-progress, hate-choice, mantras to recite until there's a clear target in September. Bless them, they will be "doing the mantra" in intervening time, rest assured of that.
The interesting thing, how strong will the GOP crossover be in the primary if Siefert's got it bagged? Who will they shoot at? Clearly if there's crossover in the Sixth District so far the GOP pundits online seem to have a greater fear or dislike for Tarryl Clark than Maureen Reed; although they appear to be equal moderates on most issues. Certainly each is a moderate, and an intellectual giant, in comparison to the sorry incumbent dressed these days in tea bags, even more than in pearls.
Finally, the legislative down-ticket seats are where there might be interesting things happening in some spots. Yet that is all fairly local.
Michele Bachmann. What bothers me most about Michele Bachmann, she hates the community banks and the victims of credit card company abuse - and has not done a thing about their plight, all over the district.
She does not even consider credit card abuse reform an "issue." Look at her campaign website [before she might change it] and look at this pair of telling screen shots.
First, the only committee assignment she has is Financial Services, yet she has no indication financial system reform - getting rid of too-big-to-fail, mortgage relief, ending credit card abuse, saving community banks from failing and being gobbled up by larger-scale interests - is even an issue in her mind for us in the nation and the district to know if she has an opinion or even any cognizant knowledge, whatsoever.
Second, again from sitting on the Financial Services committee, a Google screenshot of her campaign site - it's sole mention of "credit card" showing who this individual really is and what her priorities really are:
As always, click on each to enlarge and read.
This, from a Socialist welfare-state farm subsidies welfare queen. Disingenuous? Michele Bachmann? You decide.
I think the woman just hates reform of any kind. She's not said, but Tea Party rhetoric and all; what's her belief and stand about the Citizens United corporate spending decision?
Is it in line with her purported Tea Party sympathy?
Or is it in line with her being the big-subsidy farm welfare queen she is, liking corporations, the bigger the better, and loving their "contributions" to the political process?
My momma used to say, "Actions speak louder than words." She talks Tea Party "anti-Socialist" dissatisfaction. She cashes her share of the extended family's "Socialist" subsidy checks.
Decide for yourself about her actions and her words.
And does she like Big Oil and hate the environment? She's been for pumping oil, not for price protections at the pump, not for expanding refinery capacity, not for curbing speculative abuses by Big Wall Street in the commodities markets, where oil spot pricing and futures are traded among wealthy corporations, hedge funds, and very, very wealthy speculative individuals. Mom and Pop, and Main Street - well lip service via the Tea Party talk. But she's not walking the talk. The walking's been hand in hand with entrenched big-money interests.