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A bunch of blogs have been speculating on lt. gov candidates so I guess I can wade into this stuff too. First, I have absolutely no insight into the campaigns; in fact I don't even think there's a campaign out there still talking to me.
Kerri Miller, ace host of Midmorning and well-connected Capitol insider, walked by a few minutes ago and quickly opined on the rumors.
"Is Judi Dutcher going to be Mike Hatch's running mate?" I asked as I put a pen and a pad of paper in front of her. "It's for my son," I added pleadingly.
"Didn't your son just graduate from high school?" she smartly answered.
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"It's for my mother," I said.
"Why would Judi Dutcher give up a well-paying gig at the Minnesota Community Foundation?" she said, casting one eye at me and the other at her bodyguard as if to say, "take him out."
"What about Hutchinson?" I asked, knowing she would immediately determine that I wasn't asking if Peter Hutchinson would make a fine running mate for Mike Hatch.
"I'm hearing Maureen Reed's name," she said.
Now I am too.
