Great NEWS!!! A Great Candidate to run against Michelle Bachmann

[wellstone dem]

I am so relieved, I have hope again!!!! Get used to seeing posts from me asking for contributions.

http://www.sctimes.com/article/20090727/NEWS01/107270049/Clark-files-paperwork-for-race-against-Bachmann

"St. Cloud resident and state Sen. Tarryl Clark has filed paperwork allowing her to raise money and seek the DFL nomination in 2010 for the seat held by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.
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Clark, who has been assistant Senate majority leader in St. Paul for the last three years, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission last week.

A Web site at www.tarrylclark.com titled “Tarryl Clark for Congress” offers no specifics but promises those who subscribe will receive e-mail updates on her “campaign to address the issues facing the people of Central Minnesota.”

The former associate DFL Party chairwoman...."



See also http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2009/07/some-good-signs-for-our-side.html

"And that's why the Tarryl Clark thing is important to people trying to figure out what the odds of victory are, today. Clark is smart, telegenic and capable. She could raise money and win in any number of other races where local conditions favor Democrats. And she has no intentions of wasting her political advantages on a no-hope race in this Republican gerrymandered district.

I conclude that if Clark enters this particular race, it will be because she has become convinced that the arithmetic in the 6th district has fundamentally changed since the last time Bachmann ran. If she decides to run, that's a signal to the rest of us that the election has morphed from "no hope for a Democrat in this Republican district" to "some significant hope for a Democrat in this Republican district."

I think Bachmann is worried about a shift against her in the 6th district voting demographic, too. We've already reported here on one sign that she is worried: these new photo-op events she started doing this year about "non-insane, non-right wing" topics ("women's health" and "saving Social Security.") Bachmann's voting record shows that she doesn't really give a damn about these things, but she's trying to present herself as if she does. One commenter suggests that this is because she's doing worse with women voters in the district.

If Tarryl Clark enters, that's a sign that there's been a real change in Dem election chances in a conservative district. Because, as I say, she's not the sort of politician who wastes her time. (My opinion of Tinklenberg and Reed is that they would run whether the math showed them winning or not. That's not dissing them as candidates; either of them would make a much better representative than Bachmann.)"

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Tinklenberg's in, per DailyKos. n/t

[wellstone dem]

2. tinklenberg has announced he will run, but he is not viewed as a strong

candidate. He is also not coming out strong. I gave him $500+ for his campaign, and have not heard one word from him about his run this time. I was a delegate, and have not received a phone call. The other candidate--Maureen Reed has called me. Tarryl Clark's campaign has contacted me for help. But not one word from the candidate I gave $ to, that I knocked on doors for, and who ended up the last campaign with money in the bank, rather than giving every $ to the battle to oust Bachmann

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. 2008 was a fantastic year for Democrats. If Tinklenberg couldn't win then, he isn't

a good candidate for that district.

[KamaAina]

3. A potted plant would make a better representative than Bachmann

:eyes:

[wellstone dem]

4. But the potted plant has not announced!

:-)

[KamaAina]

5. Guess you'll have to start a "Draft the Potted Plant" movement, then

:P

[Bjorn Against]

6. Vote Ficus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqa_bhwA-1E

[wellstone dem]

7. The potted plant will be my fallback, Tarryl Clark will be a GREAT representative.

In addition to having the best change of defeating Bachmann, she will also be a great representative.

[Minnesota Raindog]

11. Tarryl Clark: Bachmann is the "Devil in a blue dress"

This ia Tarryl Clark from a DFL endorsing convention in 2006:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7XpUMqDCCo

:evilgrin:

[create.peace]

10. waiting for groundswell

"A pretty poison, woolly locoweed, flowering during autumn, can make cattle that eat its toxic leaves go berserk and die."

[Old and In the Way]

9. Very encouraging.

Bachmann needs to get shown the door. I have to believe that even the voters in her district are getting tired of this crazy woman's rantings that reflects back on them so negatively. Hope she joins about a dozen other loons that inhabit the Clown Party in Washington.

[wellstone dem]

12. A good news, good morning kick.