Tim Walz's Walz-Check problem

When Tim Walz proposed his Walz-Checks, he thought it was a clever campaign stunt. Walz's biggest problem is Bidenflation. Bidenflation is costing families $300 a month.

Walz's next biggest Walz-Check problem is that he wants to spend money on the Education Minnesota slush fund by saying it's being invested on education. Right now, that isn't a good topic in Minneapolis because teachers are out on strike:

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) announced Sunday that it had "shared its last, best and final [Education Support Professional] ESP offer with union leaders that underscores the district's commitment to honoring the contributions ESPs make to our schools and students." The offer includes 15.6% salary increases for ESPs on average over two years and $3.5 million to cover increased work hours for ESPs. "MPS is reaching beyond its financial means on behalf of our ESPs and will need to make more than $10 million in reductions for the next school year as a result," the district said.

Here's what Walz wants to 'invest' in:

Tim Walz wants to give hard-working families a one-time check to cover a portion of the extra money they'll spend on groceries, home heating bills, gas for the car and other items affected by Bidenflation. Instead of sending the money back to the people who earned it, Tim Walz wants to spend tens of millions of dollars on a mismanaged government school system. That doesn't sound like a wise 'investment'. In this photo-op, Walz doesn't attempt to pitch his spending on Education Minnesota:

Instead of being beholden to the teachers unions, Minnesota parents should have their choice of schools. This is a case of 'what have you done for me lately?' That's only if you stipulate that lately means 25-30 years.

A good friend and loyal reader of this blog heard Kendall Qualls and Scott Jensen at his convention. He told me that Qualls' stump speech had 3 bullet points that were pithy and effective. Jensen's speech had 9 bullet points but was just as effective. My friend's observation was that Jensen could get away with (my words, not his) 9 points because Walz had screwed up so many things over the past 3+ years. The Walz-Checks is one of the least of those 9 things, IMO. Running lots of small mom-and-pop-shops out of business won't sit well with people.

Walz's mishandling of COVID won't help either. The latest KSTP-SurveyUSA poll shows that Walz is vulnerable. What's needed now is a charismatic conservative who fires up suburban voters. I don't know who that is but I'm betting that Walz isn't that guy. Walz might finish 2nd to Bud Grant in a charisma contest.