So long and thanks for all the fish.
Twenty days after the election, Coleen Rowley finally comes up for air. According to MDE, neither Coleen nor any member of her campaign called to congratulate Congressman Kline on his election day victory, nor has she spoken to any member of the local press until now.
"On Nov. 7, a Democratic wave swept across the country and ushered new leadership into the House and Senate. But a few Republicans survived the wave, including my opponent, John Kline, in Minnesota's Second Congressional District.
I freely admit that I did not run a perfect campaign, and certainly not according to what political experts advise."
Now I will admit that I have laid more than my fair share of slams on Ms. Rowley, but she is correct. She ran a horrible campaign. Her mistakes are myriad, but the biggest problem that she had was that she just did not connect with the voters of the 2nd District. I saw her at multiple events and she truly did not appear to be enjoying herself and it showed to the voters. Heck, she even admitted (in a WCCO radio interview/debate) that she did not enjoy campaigning and getting out amonst the voters.
However, this has nothing to do with her losing on November 7.
"For politics, you do have to have a certain amount of prom queen appeal," she said. "
As a friend of mine said "how does that explain the victories of Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Lori Swanson, Rebecca Otto, Sandra Masin and Shelley Madore - not one of whom is known for having "prom queen" appeal?"
Coleen said she stuck to the issues during the campaign. Except when she did tackle the issues, she frequently lied about the Congressman's verifiable voting record. It happened so often that she had to issue multiple apologies to the Congressman. Couple that with the out of control actions of her supporters (the notorious photoshopping of Congressman Kline's face onto a stock photo of Werner Kempler's "Col. Klink" and another volunteers effort to trap the Kline campaign into accepting an illegal campaign contribution) and you have a comedy of errors of epic proportions.
It's a shame really. I had hoped she would have run a better campaign. It would have been better for the district in the long run. Oh well, maybe next time.
"On Nov. 7, a Democratic wave swept across the country and ushered new leadership into the House and Senate. But a few Republicans survived the wave, including my opponent, John Kline, in Minnesota's Second Congressional District.
I freely admit that I did not run a perfect campaign, and certainly not according to what political experts advise."
Now I will admit that I have laid more than my fair share of slams on Ms. Rowley, but she is correct. She ran a horrible campaign. Her mistakes are myriad, but the biggest problem that she had was that she just did not connect with the voters of the 2nd District. I saw her at multiple events and she truly did not appear to be enjoying herself and it showed to the voters. Heck, she even admitted (in a WCCO radio interview/debate) that she did not enjoy campaigning and getting out amonst the voters.
However, this has nothing to do with her losing on November 7.
"For politics, you do have to have a certain amount of prom queen appeal," she said. "
As a friend of mine said "how does that explain the victories of Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Lori Swanson, Rebecca Otto, Sandra Masin and Shelley Madore - not one of whom is known for having "prom queen" appeal?"
Coleen said she stuck to the issues during the campaign. Except when she did tackle the issues, she frequently lied about the Congressman's verifiable voting record. It happened so often that she had to issue multiple apologies to the Congressman. Couple that with the out of control actions of her supporters (the notorious photoshopping of Congressman Kline's face onto a stock photo of Werner Kempler's "Col. Klink" and another volunteers effort to trap the Kline campaign into accepting an illegal campaign contribution) and you have a comedy of errors of epic proportions.
It's a shame really. I had hoped she would have run a better campaign. It would have been better for the district in the long run. Oh well, maybe next time.
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