I just got back from a Minnesota for Obama meeting at Bar Abeline in the lovely area of Uptown, Minneapolis, and the eighth superedelegate from my state has announced for Obama.
Nancy Larson, a silver-haired, kindly woman, had very nice things to say about Hillary Clinton, but noted to the packed restaurant/bar that only Obama could bring so many people out on a Sunday on one of the nicest days so far this year to just get ideas on how we can help the campaign and really bring change to Washington and the country.
Mayor R.T. Rybak, who is my personal choice to take on Tim Pawlenty next time around for Governor, addressed the crowd as well; he noted that we're going to continue taking on trumped up attacks like the "bitter" issue, so we might as well get used to it... but he also said that we can't let it get us down or stop getting out our message. If you want to help out by phonebanking for Obama, here's the link to learn more about it:
They also had a brief speech from Elwyn Tinklenberg, who is a Transportation official who is going up against the fundamentalist evangelical Michelle Bachmann in the upcoming Sixth District election. He seems to be a dynamic fellow, and we really need to get Bachmann out of there... she's an embarassment, quite honestly. She's a strong Creationist who doesn't believe that evolution should be taught in schools, and she thinks that humans don't affect climate change.
Elwyn Tinklenberg is a former United Methodist minister, so he is well suited to take on fundie extremist Bachmann. He also worked as the State Transportation Commissioner for Governor Jesse Ventura, so obviously he is a non-partisan merit candidate.
If you can, check out http://www.tinklenberg08.com/ for more information on this race. Bachmann is one of the ten House seats that the Republicans are really going to be sinking a lot of money into, and we have to make them pay dearly for their mismanagement of Congress for those 12 years.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
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