Early afternoon netroots digest: reflections on the primary

Minnesota Central looks at Tuesday's primary in MN-01 : Walz Challenger Proves Strong in Primary, posted yesterday. We hope that today's news about the Walz campaign  noted here in Mankato Free Press: wind at Walz's back in post-primary stretch) helps reassure the independent moderate blogger.

Blueman Hal Kimball has a different take as he writes up  the TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT FOR BRIAN DAVIS:  1/3 OF REPUBLICANS REJECT DAVIS:

Brian Davis defeated Dick Day Tuesday evening with Day capturing 33% of the vote. 1/3 of CD 1 Republicans rejected Brian Davis and his campaign of exaggerations and attacks on Congressman Walz.

Some say that 35% of DFL voters not voting for Franken is a problem. Surely then, 33% of GOP voters rejecting Brian Davis is equally problematic, probably more so for Davis since...well...dude has no money (other than his revolving loan) and no one knows who he is.

Davis is a failure...

*Update*  Thanks Aaron...

Adding to the Lipstick on a Pig edition of BMRD, Brian Davis lost as many counties in CD 1 as Al Franken did statewide. Davis lost Steele, Dodge, LeSueur and Waseca Counties to Dick Day.

Wherever did Hal get the idea that was an embarrassment? Hmm. There's evidence of that disunity in today's Winona Daily News. Day campaign staffer  Chris Giesen calls out Steve Drazkowski on his double standards about the Republican endorsement in Two sides of an endorsement?:

. I thought Rep. Steve Drazkowski’s recent letter was very interesting; Drazkowski asked all of the Republicans to support the endorsed candidate for Congress.

Two years ago, Drazkowski himself told the very same Republicans that their endorsement of somebody else wasn’t any good, and he ran against that endorsed candidate in a primary. I guess Drazkowski only likes endorsements when he agrees with them.

E. Nelson at OpEdNews notes Minnesota Democrats and Al Franken Have Better Night than Republicans and Norm Coleman.

The Gun Owners Home Page notes the NRA-PAF endorsement of  2nd Amendment Supporter Tim Walz.

The Rochester Democrat looks at Tim Walz's request the national security concerns be honored in lifting the drilling ban in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. A portion of the Eastern Gulf is offlimits in part because of military concerns.

At MNCR, Joe Bodell writes:

In the First congressional district, GOP-endorsed Brian Davis turned back a challenge from State Sen. Dick Day by a 2-to-1 margin. Davis now goes to the political slaughterhouse against first-term Rep. Tim Walz, who had no opponent and is leading the money and airwave races by considerable margins.

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