Minnesota Central: Davis's hollow health care plan--and political contributions

In this morning's news and netroots digest, we missed McPherson Hall's detailed look at how Dr. Davis offers a Prescription for Health Care.  First the retired accountant looks at Davis's web site and concludes:

Not much there …. as it seems to be a retread of George Bush’s junk lawsuit campaign strategy that doctors "should be focused on fighting illnesses, not fighting lawsuits." It got Bush votes, but nothing got done … even with a Republican Doctor as the Senate Majority Leader and Republicans in control of the House and Senate.

MC next analyzes the plans Davis outlines in that peculiar Austin Daily News article.  We'll let you learn the details over at the Mankato area blog, but here's the simple conclusion Hall reaches:

From his website and this interview, Dr. Davis is not going to advance my interests if he is elected.

Yesterday, MC looked at Davis's Q2 FEC report from a different perspective: the doctor's own giving to contribution ratio, in Dr. Davis Donates $500 to get $5000 !

Some fascinating reading, though the link to information about Davis's contributions didn't work for us (not a problem; the records on Davis at the FEC confirm what Hall says).  The most interesting tidbit:

Brian J Davis of Rochester MN 55902 on May 2, 2007 gave $500 to Rudolph W. Giuliani.

We find that interesting, since Davis, a doctor in real life, has consistently played a Minnesota "Platform Republican" on television. 

In the run-up to the endorsement, Davis's supporters dissed  Demmer for his lack of purity.   Could Giuliani pass that test? Probably not. In Minnesota, Senator Coleman,  like Giuliani often decried as a RINO, headed Giuliani's state leadership committee.

Minnesota Central missed Davis's only 2004 contribution, according to the FEC:

DAVIS, BRIAN
ROCHESTER, MN 55902
PHYSICIAN

SWIFT BOAT VETS AND POWS FOR TRUTH
	08/25/2004	250.00	27039352381

That last contribution might explain why Davis has had no issue with repeatedly playing fast and loose with the truth.

Update: In looking around at more information about the Swift Boat group, we found 2008 GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's statement about the Swift Boat Vets notorious ad attacking John Kerry's service record:

A major part of the SBVT controversy centered on the group's testimony. Among the first to question the first ad was Republican Senator John McCain, a Bush supporter, Vietnam veteran, and former POW. He said, "I condemn the [SBVT] ad. It is dishonest and dishonorable. I think it is very, very wrong".

McCain made that statement on August 8, 2004; just over two weeks later, Brian Davis gave the group $250.00. This contribution looks to have been his first reportable federal level political contribution since he lived in Rochester. All other large (over $200) federal level political contributions, including his first contribution to ASTRO's PAC, were made after Davis announced in Congressman Walz's office that he would seek to occupy it himself.[end update]