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Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 10:27 AM Mar 2012

Shame on Tarryl Clark

She announced yesterday that she will not only not abide by the endorsement in her bid to be the 8th district DFL candidate, she will skip the endorsement process completely. I really can't stand that woman.

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Shame on Tarryl Clark (Original Post) Brickbat Mar 2012 OP
Gasp ISUGRADIA Mar 2012 #1
Heh. Brickbat Mar 2012 #2
If she had lived in the 8th District for years I might see your point dflprincess Mar 2012 #3
We need a DFL Leg in 2013 to make changes to the process ISUGRADIA Mar 2012 #4

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
3. If she had lived in the 8th District for years I might see your point
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 10:29 PM
Mar 2012

but she moved to the area just because she wants to be in Congress and she isn't willing to take Bachmann on again.

I might even see your point if we had closed primaries, but we don't. The Republicans see Clark as someone easy to be and, without any primary contests of their own, Cravack's (sp?) people will cross over to vote for Clark. She may win the primary, but she will lose the general and if she doesn't win the primary, she will have weakened the endorsed candidate by making him spend money running in that contest rather than being able to concentrate on the November election.

If she can't muster enough support to make a decent showing at the district convention she may want to rethink this decision - if her ego permits.

ISUGRADIA

(2,571 posts)
4. We need a DFL Leg in 2013 to make changes to the process
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 11:13 PM
Mar 2012

because there are going to be primary challenges.

1) Registration by party 2) June primary. Would avoid the problems you mention but won't happen because the endorsement zealots know it would kill that process. Party registration would take power away from the party and allow primary candiates to target 30% of the population rather than 100%.

I am not crazy about Clark but both Anderson and Nolan have had pathetic money raising so far.

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