Briefing – Monday April 17, 2006 (open thread)
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The Washington Post repeats a theme. Quotes a Woodbury resident.
Other voters are less charitable. Shirley Jackson of Woodbury, Minn., said she formerly considered herself an independent voter "and my husband used to be a staunch Republican. But now we're both Democrats."
The main reason, she said, is Bush's handling of the war. "My husband and I think he lied to us, and he won't admit he's lied to us," said Jackson, 69. She said she believes Bush launched the war to avenge Iraq's reported plan to assassinate his father.
Jackson is following the competitive race to replace retiring Sen. Mark Dayton (D), and she doesn't like Republican candidate Mark Kennedy. "I won't vote for him, I'm pretty sure," she said.
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Time Magazine has unkind words for Mark Dayton. "The blunderer." The up-and-comers are Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton, John Sununu, and Mark Pryor. As for the best, one is Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, along with Arlen Specter, Ted Kennedy, Thad Cochrane, John McCain, John Kyl, Carl Levin, Olympia Snowe, Richard Lugar, and Dick Durbin
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The Ford Bell campaign is out with a press release today "accepting" my suggestion that candidates for Senate meet with autoworkers.
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