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Friday, October 26, 2018

Two no-surprise Congressional conterst endorsements by Strib - Angie Craig in CD2 and Dam Feehan in CD1.

And yes, there are other contests where endorsements are awaited, and yes, opinions can differ, but here, it is BRAVO!

Craig endorsement.

Feehan endorsement.

These endorsements are not surprising because each of the chosen candidates is excellent. However, in CD1 there is a credible alternative while in CD2 there is --- Jason Lewis, and how he won last cycle is still unfathomable except for the fact he got more votes. WHY is the question. WHY? The man is an opinionated jackass and his opinions are consistently as expected, braying from a jackass.

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Before anyone gets upset, yes, even the right-leaning Washington Examiner had an uncomplimentary report on Feehan's opponent, Hagedorn, but with all his unfortunate flaws, he is still a cut above Jason Lewis. Lewis and Wardlow are in the same boat as deplorables, in my view, while Paulsen is just a bad choice who has prospered and Stauber is a lesser candidate than Radinovich; but neither Paulsen nor Hagedorn rises to the level of offensiveness to values espoused by Radinovich and Ellison; as does Wardlow, the worse, or Lewis, close second.

That WashEx item focuses upon an undeserved and unenlightened hard judgement Hagedorn had for the two Senators from Washington State. Having lived there, Hagedorn is far off base on Maria Cantwell, who I'd judge a cut better than Klobuchar, and Patty Murray who I'd judge as a short cut below Tina Smith. Maria Cantwell, from a more populous state and with broader recognition could be presidential, more so than Kirsten Gillibrand, most certainly so, and a cut better than Kamala Harris with the divide there much closer. On policy Cantwell is quite more of a moderate than Elizabeth Warren, but she is Warren's intellectual equal. And that says a lot.

Apology for something of a digression, but Strib noted and linked to the WashEx item, so the digression is not too severe.

Bottom line, Strib is spot on with its Minnesota CD1 and CD2 choices.

GOTV in those districts to assure the better candidate wins.