Roll Call: "Republicans failed to recruit a top-notch candidate to face Walz"

Looking in Lexis-Nexis for a Roll Call article about Republicans pressuring conservative Democrats on FISA legislation, we came across this tidbit in an article about Nancy Pelosi's visit to Minnesota on Monday:

Despite the district's GOP lean, Republicans failed to recruit a top-notch candidate to face Walz this cycle. What's more, the local GOP has a primary fight on its hands between its endorsed candidate, Mayo Clinic physician Brian Davis, and state Sen. Dick Day. The winner of the Sept. 9 primary will face Walz in November.

We suspect that the not "top-notch" designation for the GOP candidates in the First has something to do with this stuff.

[Update]: Or maybe it's the stuff The Blueman can notice, but the Star Tribune seems unable to bring itself to admit.

Note: We lengthened the headline on this post shortly after we first published it, in order to clarify which contest we meant.