Posted on 06/16/2013 7:49:50 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
If ever there was a region where incumbent Republican governors can experience the great GOP gubernatorial apocalypse, it is the upper Midwest. Three of the races involve Republican incumbents who rode the Republican wave of 2010 into office. They are Rick Snyder in Michigan, John Kasich in Ohio and Scott Walker in Wisconsin. That potential loss of three Governor’s offices may be mitigated by a Pat Quinn Democratic loss in Illinois. The problem is that Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are less red than Illinois is certainly blue.
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Yes, however bear in mind that the incumbent president’s party usually suffers a bad second midterm anyway. I’ll put my neck out and say all three will skate by. Incumbency does have advantages for governors.
We need a non-Paultard to run against Franken in MN. Since none of the first-tier candidates (Erik Paulsen, Tim Pawlenty, Norm Coleman, John Kline, etc.) want to run, what about that young man who seemed like such a good candidate last year (Pete Hegseth, of Vets for Freedom), only to see the Paulistinians steal the nomination for Bills in the state convention?
Craavack could have stayed in Chisago County or where ver it was he lived, and still would be at a huge disadvantage in the district. Unless we catch another 2010 wave, we need a blue-collar Catholic from Duluth to overcome the historical advantage that Democrats enjoy in the MN-08.
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