[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: I Got no Friends to Help Me Now

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
I Got no Friends to Help Me Now
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1190166734.shtml


   I'm losing influence in Washington. There was a time I think when the
   President, both Senators and my Congressman were Republicans. Forgive
   me if I don't look it up. That was then. This is now, with my
   Representative Jim Ramstad retiring. I share the pessimism that this
   will be uphill for the GOP to retain this seat, RINO or Conservative.
   After the 2008 election, I could be left with absolutely no
   representation in Washington. I don't think even Senator Coleman's a
   lock in a state stupid enough to give Sen. Amy Klobuchar a 20 point
   win.
   What we have here is a problem somewhat similar to what the DFL went
   through replacing Bruce Vento and Martin "Olva" Sabo. Both were
   relatively sudden openings, catching the usual suspects by surprise.
   We saw heated contests to select the new heirs to two of the safest
   Democratic seats in Congress. No one had been groomed for a graceful
   transition.
   That probably couldn't have happened in the DFL, where power is
   everything. But couldn't the Republicans have done something here?
   Like transition the seat when times are good or least quiet, not
   during a Presidential cycle and a war?
   Actually, I'm somewhat upbeat on the Presidency, given the weak
   national Democratic field. But as for the rest, c'mon Mike Hatch, give
   it another try!