Bachmann Has A Challenger in 2010

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Dr. Maureen Reed, a Stillwater area physician and the Independence Party's 2006 nominee for lieutenant governor, today announced she would seek the endorsements of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Independence parties for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/6/728503/-Bachmann-Has-A-Challenger

We will need somebody else to report from the alternate universe if MB loses. Bachmann should run on the Hoot-Smalley platform.

[Occam Bandage]

1. If we could get the Independence party to endorse a DFLer (or vice versa),

we could win almost any election in the entire state in a walk. The Independence party has never accomplished anything but enabling Republicans to win.

[hfojvt]

3. not so much of a walk, but it does seem that she helped to re-elect Pawlenty

Pawlenty 1,028,568
Hatch 1,007,460
Hutchinson 141,735

DFL only needed 58% of that left-leaning party's votes to win that election.

[Towlie]

2. She has two challengers. She also has Elwyn Tinklenberg

http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2009/05/06/8627/michele_bachmann_gets_2_challengers_tinklenberg_again_and_dr_maureen_reed

[Occam Bandage]

5. I hope we don't pick Tink again.

He was lame.

[Peacetrain]

4. Let us hope what ever party does it.. that Bachmann is voted out..

What an embarrassment she is

[TahitiNut]

6. It would be good, then, if she had to fight a costly primary battle, too. (One can dream.)

Even a poor primary challenger might be worth supporting. :shrug: