Who’s next after Sabo?
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OK, let's try to sort this out.
According to the Star Tribune, Martin Sabo is retiring. I heard this rumor this afternoon after it leaked from the Strib and my first reaction was, "a good DFLer wouldn't give the rest of the field such little time to organize." Then I remembered who his chief of staff is. Mike Erlandson, who stepped down as head of the DFL Party in Minnesota last year. Theoretically, it's possible Erlandson got a heads-up, but I'd also think putting a campaign together -- especially in the DFL -- in anticipation of the announcement -- is pretty hard to do under the radar.
Given the other names that come up, makes me think the real winner in last November's city election in Minneapolis, was Peter McLaughlin, now fairly unencumbered to make a bid, whereas R.T. Rybak, who has been speculated about as a guy with higher aspirations, would have an impossible time chucking his gig for the fairly safe DFL congressional seat.
We'll see.
So, what does Larry Jacobs figure is going on? He was just on All Things Considered and I lifted a little piece for you. (RealPlayer).
And, if nothing else, at least I got a couple of TO DOs off my list today, setting up Campaign 2006 pages for Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, and Jay Pond. Something tells me I'll be working this weekend setting up more.
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