Sixth District Republican king maker Dave Fitzsimmons is on the Bills bandwagon, (although he failed to make a king out of Tom Emmer). Not even a slik purse, from that starting material. Big among CD 6 Republicans, (with a so-what yawn from others I suppose). Like the Tom Waits song, Big in Japan. Big in CD 6. Among Republicans.
Hegseth is a military hawk, just what we do not need - a hothead to go along with Romney and Bachmann about getting into war, yes another, with Iran. A loser as far as I am concerned. We don't need more deaths fighting somebody else's grudge matches.
Bills has a campaign website. If Hegseth has one, I am unaware of it. Severson has a website with one of those super-tacky lead-in pages. I think it is a YouTube embedded video, extolling the virtues of the product the way one would market beer or an automobile brand. But not that slick.
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Amy K. has taken positions that vex progressives. And she has taken positions that greatly vex environmentalists. However, if Hegseth is the GOP candidate, then in a heartbeat, I would choose Amy as the better of that pair - and recipient of my vote.
Between Severson and Bills, it would take a Republican to want to take the time to study either -- what one says, what the other's record is, that stuff.
It's a be vexed and unhappy with Klobuchar situation, but you have to end up casting the vote for Klobuchar. It is a no-brainer that way if Hegseth is the general election opposition choice.
Bills, if endorsed, at least I would pay attention to him to see if he is akin to Ron Paul on issues, given that he has Ron Paul's endorsement. I would take time to seriously study that. Auditing the Fed, and looking at how the money supply is manipulated, ostensibly in the pubic interest, by a cabal of bankers is something Ron Paul questions and too few others do. Also, warmongering is not a Ron Paul position. Skepticism about the so-called Patriot Act is also insufficiently strong, but the Ron Paul people have that to consider. If Bills tracks such policy positions he would be appealing, even though a Republican.
PREDICTING GOP WHIMS AND PREDILECTIONS: My guess is we will see a Klobuchar - Bills general election, and I doubt that if Bills is endorsed that either Hegseth or Severson would run a primary challenge. And Bills would make the strongest opponent of the three.
A primary contest to become general election chopped liver is a low percentage play. It would be a surprise if Hegseth or Severson will see any cause for a primary.