STRIB: a locally authored item written by Patrick Condon, notes, "That points to what has been a frequent line of attack for Klobuchar's critics: that her emphasis on issues around consumer protection, product safety and other narrowly-focused, generally bipartisan initiatives has been at the expense of pursuing ambitious change. Among Minnesota Republicans, she's been dubbed 'the senator of small things.' 'She always tried to avoid anything controversial,' said Preya Samsundar, an Iowa-based spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. 'But if a dog dies on an airplane, she's the first one to step up.' "

Strib's item speaks further in multiple ways; this link.

The only Crabgrass editorializing for this post is in choosing the headline quote. Readers of the Strib original, if choosing a headline quote, might present a different part of the Condon story. Read it to see what you think.

In judging coverage here, readers should know that I have consistently voted for Klobuchar in Senate contests against Minnesota's unimpressive Republican chain of challengers; (one, Mark Kennedy, having surprisingly reached an appointed major university governance status after his elective-office political career ended in a Senate-contest loss to Klobuchar).

Whether Klobuchar would make a good academic head honcho is interesting speculation. However, that question is irrelevant since she offers herself for a different and higher public service position.