Matthew Abe appears to be a reputable conservative blogger in Minnesota. At North Star Liberty, his profile notes his credentials:
Observer of education policy and partisan politics, from the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Co-founder and contributor to True North, a Minnesota-based conservative group blog.
Residing in "the western suburbs of the Twin Cities" would put Abe in Minnesota's Third Congressional District.
True North is a big deal, the smartly-designed rightward community blog in Minnesota that aggregates posts from across the state's conservative online ecosystem.
Thus, I wondered who Jeff Paulson was, since Abe is an authority and writes in a new entry crossposted at North Star Liberty and True North on Saturday:
Third District Congressman Jeff Paulson noted "what a difference two years makes," while noting that Democrats are already busy organizing and targeting him with protests.
Since MN-03 is represented by Erik Paulsen (no relation to Jeff Paulson), and Abe is a reputable blogger, I can think of only two explanations for this reporting.
The first is a clever ruse to throw off the crack team at the DCCC by making Erik Paulsen's movements in his district undetected by the bots that create Google Alerts.
Or Paulsen has been so lackluster in his congressional service that even his most ardent and competent champions can't remember his first and last name.
The error has been up on both sites for nearly two days and no one seems to have noticed enough to correct it.
Screen shots: North Star Liberty's "Jeff Paulson" post (above); True North's "Jeff Paulson" crosspost (below).
This was an editing oversight on my part. Thank you for pointing it out.
Posted by: Northstarliberty.blogspot.com | Feb 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM
It could be a blessing in disguise for Erik Paulsen. Would you want your real name appearing on the pages of True North, home of True Bigots, Sally?
Posted by: Karl | Feb 28, 2011 at 01:26 PM