Peter Hutchinson accepted the IP's endorsement yesterday easily knocking off Pam Ellison, who will challenge him in the party's September primary. I would honestly like to see Ellison win the primary because she would fun to run against. The woman is certifiably nuts from what I witnessed.
The convention was interesting to say the least. The crowd is clearly assembled of disillusioned Democrats. They attacked the Iraq war, the health-impact fee and Michele Bachmann! That's right, John Binkowski who is running for Congress in the 6th District made mention of Patty Wetterling, and he got crickets. He then made mention of Michele Bachmann and the crowd went crazy with boos and hollers.
Back to Hutchinson though. my favorite quote is from this Star Tribune article:
Predicting that he will spend about $2.5 million on a creative campaign to offer an alternative to the "duopoly" and the "blood feud"betweeen Republicans and DFLers in state government, consultant Peter Hutchinson accepted the Independence Party's gubernatorial endorsement Saturday.
"Blood Feud?" Based on what I saw yesterday the IP is desperately wanting to be a part of that "Blood Feud" with the attacks and accusations they were making!!
One thing is for sure though; we need to think about having our conventions outside!! Before the rain came it was great sitting in the hot sun. Not to mention that while they were doing the boring convention business I sat back and watched the Saints do batting practice.
