I think it’s fair to say that the bumper stickers represented the prevalent spirit of the crowd, which in appearance on average was the kind of clean-cut all-American group that bears out the “Minnesota nice” cliche.
I attended the fundraiser on the kind invitation of House DFL Caucus Finance Director David Kaplan, who provided press credentials.Įntering the 21st Avenue Parking ramp across from the concert hall, I found the car in front of me to be sporting “Bush ’04/Sieg Heil” and “Who Would Jesus Bomb” bumper stickers. Al Franken was the attraction, and tickets ranged in price from $25 to $1,000. Last night Minnesota’s House DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor, i.e., Democratic) Caucus held a fundraiser at the University of Minnesota’s Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis. Mark Kennedy.) Today Pawlenty is in a bruising budget battle with the state senate and he has ceded some ground by advocating a 75-cent per pack “user fee” (a/k/a “tax”) increase on cigarettes. (Democrats will be defending Mark Dayton’s Senate seat in a probable contest between prosecutor Amy Klobuchar and Rep. In 2004, however, state Democrats picked up 13 seats in the state house and stand within two seats of recapturing the majority in November 2006, when popular Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty will be up for reelection.
Minnesota Republicans hold the governor’s office and a majority in the state House of Representatives, while Democrats hold a majority in the state senate.
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