For Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the road to the presidency runs through the Midwest [View all]
For a Minnesotan speaking before Wisconsinites, Amy Klobuchar might have felt a little pressure.
“I’ll be competing with another session on the future of cheese,” said the first woman to be elected U.S. senator in Minnesota.
On Saturday, Klobuchar kicked off the Cap Times Idea Fest at UW-Madison’s Gordon Center — just a few blocks from Union South where there was indeed a discussion on the future of cheese and down the hall from a panel on formidable Wisconsin women — with her renowned homespun humor and her irrepressible optimism on display.
Elected in a 2006 landslide, Klobuchar has since gained a reputation for getting things done, and in a nice way. She’s one of those skilled politicians who can be ardently partisan while still being able to reach across the aisle.
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