I have lived in Minnesota my entire life. Yes, there are idiots here who would vote for a Democrat over a Republican, only because that is the way they have always voted. But, those folks are dying off.
I have an elderly couple in my neighborhood who are daily church goers. They proclaim that they have never voted for a Republican and never will. Instead, they go and vote for Democrats who hate Christians, hate Catholic Christians especially, and who are destroying our wonderful country.
Unfortunately, this type of person is not exclusive to Minnesota. Al Franken is very vulnerable, and it is the reason that I am supporting Mike McFadden. He is sufficiently Conservative, certainly more so than Sen. Norm Coleman, and has lots of energy and potential to be a successful fundraiser. We do have a group of good candidates for the GOP nomination for US Senate. I could easily vote for any one of them: McFadden, Chris Dahlberg or Julianne Ortmann.
In MN, it is utter foolishness to wait for the coming of another Ronald Reagan. It is not going to happen. We need to rally behind whomever is nominated, and be assured that any one of them is heads above Al Franken.
“Instead, they go and vote for Democrats who hate Christians, hate Catholic Christians especially, and who are destroying our wonderful country.”
You nailed it. I have relatives there as well, and who vote Rat for the same insane reasons—it would be evil to vote Republican (or at least not Democrat). As said to many time at this site, and is proven to be true repeatedly, it is a mental disease that we have little hope of curing. The only way to actually get these buffoons to consider voting away from the Rat party, is if some personal tragedy befalls them to the extent they open their minds to reality, and above selfishness.
In MN, it is utter foolishness to wait for the coming of another Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan did NOT carry Minnesota.
The fact is that Mike McFadden is the only guy with the means to challenge Al Franken.
It’s that simple.
The other challengers lack the resources to take on Franken and that makes McFadden the only realistic option.
(NOT an endorsement of Mr. McFadden.) I don’t know where the guy stands on key issues and he certainly has made no real effort to clarify his world view. Moreover, he has shown no real interest in cultivating support from delegates. “Aloof” would be a charitable description.
Like it or not, financial viability is a necessary, critical component in mounting a credible, realistic challenge to Weird Al.There’s only one person in Minnesota who has demonstrated that viability so far is Mike McFadden. (Al ‘party of the little guy’ Franken has raised over $15 million in 2014.) McFadden has raised nearly $3 million in 2014, the only Republican to bring in over $1 million and the only one to even come close.
If you want to join the world’s most exclusive club, you need the money to get out your message.If you doubt it, check your recent history. 2012 and the race was Bills vs. Amy ‘Hotdish’ Klobuchar.An Internet search will show all sorts of articles and quotes about Kurt Bills and the optimism despite the lack of money.He got beaten BADLY.