The Post Bulletin has published an article about fundraising in the First District Congressional race, Walz sprints to fundraising lead.
In this latest article, we find another of Davis's astonishing explanations of the way the world works. As BSP readers may recall, in a Star Tribune article earlier in the week, he attempted to portray his med school clinical rotations in public and VA hospitals as some sort of honored public service, rather than a routine part of an education.
Now, his poor fundraising can be blamed on an endorsement contest. Davis told the PB's Ed Felker:
Davis, reached on Wednesday, said he envisioned much more active fundraising through June 30 compared to the first quarter, when he and Demmer were seeking the party endorsement. "The real point here is we were all engaged in this endorsement process and not on fundraising," Davis said.
What a fascinating explanation of the fundraising process from the learned Dr. Davis.
Following his logic, one of the great mysteries of Minnesota politics must be the ability of Terri Bonoff and Ashwin Madia to raise over $150,000 each and still talk to delegates in their bids for the DFL endorsement in the Third. Even higher in the surpassing all understanding department, Ashwin Madia, the political newcomer, raised over $196,000 and got the endorsement.
And how is was that El Tinklenberg, who is also in an endorsement contest in the Sixth, picked up nearly $130,000 dollars?
And none of the three had to loan their campaigns money or pay for walking around costs like gasoline, hotel rooms or meals.
How mere mortals, who lack two advanced degrees in science, can talk to people and raise money at the same time, surpasses human understanding.
Walz may have the cash and volunteers, and Davis/Day may have limited funds, but that does not mean as Joe at MNCampaignReports suggests "that's its all over."
Money is important but McCollum only has $148,302 cash on-hand while Kline has $509,926. McCollum is a lock while Kline will have to spend every penny. The questions for Republicans is can they protect Bachmann and Kline while still attacking Walz ?
Minnesota is a swing state that will be targeted with tons of money for McCain (and his VP choice) and Norm Coleman. There will be a lot Pelosi-Liberal taunting TV/Radio ads that will invariably hit Walz. Southern Minnesota is fertile Republican ground ... it will take a voters showing up at the polls. Davis will compete hard in Rochester ... the county that rejected Gutknecht but elected Pawlenty. Plus I saw my first Davis bumper sticker in Mankato ... the Theo-Cons, MCCL, NRA and anti-immigration groups will support their candidate at the polls ... and their candidate will not be Walz.
Democrats will have to work very hard ! Madia, and assuming Sarvi and Tinklenberg get their party's endorsement, will need lots of help.
And think in only 200 days, we'll have a better handle on what will happen.
Ollie: I completely agree that Walz will have to work hard. However, I don't think that Olmsted County offers Davis an advantage, since he has not been involved in the community there.
People in Olmsted County gave Gutknecht the boot for being an absentee representative. Why would they favor Davis, who is has lived there for a number of years and never made a mark?
And getting an endorsement from Telecall John Kline doesn't help out. Why trade the accessible Walz for this distant. self-involved figure who is now playing M. Populist? (Probably at the advice of the NRCC and his consultant in iowa?)
Posted by: MinnesotaCentral | April 17, 2008 at 06:01 PM