Never mind the perception that her Vikings stadium deal is a disaster, or the general hooting that followed her comments in a frac sand mining hearing that destroying farm land is agriculture.
Former Congressman Gil Gutknecht thinks she's hot.
Forum Communications political reporter Don Davis writes in Capitol Chatter: Some see 2014 as good for GOP:
Rosen praised
Praise flowed to Sen. Julie Rosen at the Agri-Growth Council’s annual meeting, as the Fairmont Republican was sitting in the middle of the room, looking like she was trying to disappear.
A political panel was discussing whether she should enter the governor’s race, as she has said she is considering.
“She has a strong personality,” former U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht of Rochester said, adding that Minnesota voters seek candidates like that.
“She is probably the one candidate who could win in a primary by attracting non-Republican votes,” fellow panelist Blois Olson said.
Why non-Republicans will want to vote in a Republican primary is never parsed by the former congressman who suffered a surprise defeat in 2006 at the hands of Tim Walz.
About that headline: One of the "some" who think 2014 might be a good year for Republicans is former House Speaker Steve Sviggum, who always sees the sunny side of the street for the GOP. The other? Former Senate Majority Leader and 2002 DFL gubernatorial candidate Roger Moe, whose political wisdom recently led him to back Mark Andrew for mayor of Minneapolis.
Heavens to Betsy, that's some acumen.
Photo: Gil Gutknecht in 2006, via MPR.
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