Amy Klobuchar's bad habit of saying nothing

Ed Morrissey's article for HotAir opens by saying "I want to believe. I don't ... but I truly want to believe." Ed then continues by saying "A Republican hasn't won a statewide election since Tim Pawlenty's reelection as governor in 2006. No Republican has come very close to winning statewide in Minnesota since then, either. Republicans dodged a credibility bullet in Mike Lindell's overwhelming defeat in their gubernatorial primary, which produced one of their strongest overall tickets in years. Michele Tafoya's nomination for the Senate put the state elections on the national map, and the DFL's nomination of the more radical Peggy Flanagan as her opponent at least gave an opportunity to make things ... interesting."

I'd like to politely correct Ed on the Mike Lindell defeat. The GOP didn't dodge "a credibility bullet in Mike Lindell's overwhelming defeat in their gubernatorial primary." After Lindell proposed an amnesty plan, he got CRUCIFIED! The GOP that Ed dealt with when he lived in Minnesota isn't the Minnesota GOP that exists today. Today's MNGOP is feisty. For instance, this Lisa Demuth ad shows she knows how to attack St. Amy of Hennepin County, aka Amy Klobuchar:

Now that Minnesotans see that Minnesota Republicans are willing to fight for them, the mood has changed in Minnesota. Is it enough to defeat St. Amy? Check back with me the day after the election.

When Ed lived in Minnesota, Republicans were good policy people but they weren't fighters. Republicans are still good with policy. Today, though, we aren't just good policy people. We're also turning into activists. The issues that've set Minnesota Republicans on fire are Medicaid fraud (that's obvious), property tax hikes, boys in girls sports and, of all things, license tab renewal fees. These issues all became headliners during the DFL Trifecta budget year of 2023. That's only part of the GOP activism.

As I wrote here, mayors throughout Minnesota signed onto Cross;ake Mayor Jackson Purfeerst's letter. It started with 8 mayors in the Brainerd Lakes Area. When the dust settled, 261 mayors from across Minnesota had signed the letter criticizing Tim Walz and the legislature for foolish spending habits which, according to the mayors, made it difficult to consistently deliver core services. These mayors aren't happy and they aren't hiding it.

Whether that means Republicans win any statewide offices is anybody's guess. What isn't a guess is whether Sen. Klobuchar has perfected the art of talking without saying anything. That's been settled for nearly 20 years.

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