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Ford Bell has issued a challenge to DFLer Amy Klobuchar in the race for Senate. One piece of advice for the Ford camp. Put your releases on your Web site.
Among other things Ford said in a letter to Klobuchar:
-- Please join me and Mark Kennedy on KSTP TV's At Issue with Tom Hauser for a debate on the issues. You and I both know that the viewers will see Mr. Kennedy as an extreme ideologue of the Bush White House which will be a good contrast for both of our campaigns.
-- Please accept my challenge from Saturday, January 21st to participate in an open series of debates between you and me and any other DFLers running for U.S. Senate. (This is my preferred manner of debating you, because I believe it is important for our party's activists to see that they have a choice about who will represent them in Washington).
-- Please ask Senator Charles Schumer to stop attempting to meddle in the time-honored grassroots DFL Party endorsing process that will officially begin at our precinct caucuses. I do not believe that Mr. Schumer is doing you any favors with his heavy- handed negative intimidation tactics to "clear the field". We need a positive debate on the issues.
Bell also said he accepted Rep. Mark Kennedy's challenge to debate.
FYI, Bell and Klobuchar will be on MPR's Midday on March 3.
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