DRAFT BETTY McCULLUM FOR US SENATE

[stackhouse]

PLEASE CALL BETTYS CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN OFFICE ASK HER TO CONCIDER A RUN FOR U.S. SENATE 651-603-1505



WE NEED HER EXPERIENCE AND STRENGTH IN THE U.S.SENATE. CALIFORNIA HAS BARBARA WE CAN HAVE BETTY

BARBARA AND BETTY TOGETHER IN THE SENATE 2006 !!!!

[liberalpragmatist]

1. Boldface doesn't work in subject headings

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[Cha]

3. It's already Bold!

:)

[Cha]

2. Is she free?

She looks like a Sweetie!

http://www.mccollum.house.gov/

[Dickie Flatt]

8. Actually, I think she is. [n/t]

[CatholicEdHead]

4. What are her realistic chances?

She is popular in her district and I expect her district would elect another DFLer if she would choose to run for Senate.

It is outstate/suburbs that you have to worry about. Is she viewed as too much of a "radical"? Because that is the label she would be attached with.

Can her stances overcome the slime?

[DFLforever]

6. What's radical about her?

She an ordinary DFL liberal as far as I can see.

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Nothing we can see

but I am trying to guess they type of anti-DFL "marketing slogans" the GOP will toss out. You KNOW it is in their playbook and it WILL be coming as something along those line.

Any 2006 campaign HAS to be planned expecting the usual trash and find a way to turn that to their advantages. It has to be proactive to the known attacks. Remember, the GOP playbook is to make precieved advantages into disavantages.

I like Betty, and would vote for her, but things have to be planned with a stratigic thought in mind (and I am well aware what GOPers probably read DU).

[Dickie Flatt]

9. Look for attacks on her candidate recruitment position at the DCCC.

[Eric J in MN]

5. contact into to ask to leave a message for her to run for US Senate

D.C.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

St. Paul
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Dickie Flatt]

10. A Good Choice

She's a real, fighting Democrat. Let's run Betty for Senate, Wetterling for CD6.

Since CD4 is safe blue, we should have no problem recruiting a top-shelf candidate to take Betty's place.

If we pull off all these victories, we'll have a great Democratic Senator, two great new Democratic Representatives, and we'll get rid of Mark Kennedy. What fun that would be.

[ASIANDEMMN2006]

11. Betty for Senate!

I totally agree! I have meet her multiply times and think she possesses the true Minnesotan sprit. I think she is the best candidate to put up.

[Dickie Flatt]

12. A brief background on Betty's views

If you are a MINNESOTAN, please contact McCollum and urge her to run for Senate in 2006. For those unfamiliar with the circumstances of the race, incumbant Democrat Mark Dayton has dropped out. The 2006 race will be for an open seat, one that we must keep. Betty McCollum has a great chance to win the seat and represent our Democratic values in the Senate.

During her time in the House, Betty has one of the best records of any Democrat. She voted against the war. She consistently receives perfect ratings from pro-choice groups (and perfect zeroes from the anti-choice lobby). She voted against the Hate Amendment and receives superb ratings from the Human Rights Campaign. She is committed to protecting the environment; she has a perfect pro-environment record from the Sierra Club. She is a strong labor supporter.

If you are a progressive Democrat, Betty McCollum is your candidate.

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13. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT

thanks you have a better way with words.......

[CatholicEdHead]

14. She is also a

liberal Catholic I think.

Edit: that leaves her open to lots of attacks along that line of thinking.

[Dickie Flatt]

15. If they want to attack her for believing in God

they do so at their own risk.

[DFLforever]

18. McCollum is a liberal, anti-war, pro-choice Catholic

Kennedy is a conservative, pro-war, anti-choice Catholic.

That could get very ugly, especially with Rove's hand in it.
Reminding us of how some US Bishops so eagerly signed on as Bush hitmen in the presidential race.

[stackhouse]

16. BETTY and BABS "06"

The new Senate Tag Team

BETTY and BABS "06"

[stackhouse]

17. Al Franken is not running Betty McCullum by a mile

want to help??? meet at mad hatters in st.paul 7:00pm

[stackhouse]

19. please McCULLUM FOR US SENATE

Anyone interested in joining in on this endevor to Draft Betty McCullum for U.S. Senate please check out and sign up and meet up....

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/draftmccullumforsenate/

[CatholicEdHead]

21. Yahoo says there is no group

by that name.

[Dickie Flatt]

22. Go here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/draftmccollumforsenate/

[stackhouse]

20. let do it!!!!

????

[Zookeeper]

23. She didn't support the Congressional Black Caucus....

and John Conyers on the voter fraud issue, did she? That would probably work in her favor in a Senate run, however, I found it very disappointing.

[DFLforever]

24. No she didn't.

I was disappointed too,though not particularly surprised.

My biggest question is, would she be able to raise the 10-20 million necessary to defeat a GOP opponent?

She has a safe seat, is a protege of Pelosi and is going places fast in the House. Why would she want to risk that for an iffy Senate seat, especially if it requires raising phenomenal cash.

[no name no slogan]

25. My thoughts exactly-- the Senate would be a step down for her

She got a high-ranking position on the DCCC, she's in a safe seat, she's a regional whip, she's on the fast track.

It's doubtful she would give all this up for something as risky as an expensive run for US Senate.

[Eric J in MN]

27. It's not her money at stake. She would attract support from

thousands of Minnesota progressives.

I'd do more donating and fundraising for her than someone I've never heard of.

[stackhouse]

26. as long as betty be's a good little congressperson ..

all she'll be is someone's paper/coffee girl.....

it would be a waste of Betty McCollum talent's to remain a congressidiot..

dem congress women get no "real" respect and no power

Betty need to be in the senate

[stackhouse]

28. run betty run

go betty go!!