Bachmann likely to face strong challenge in 2010

[grantcart]

Rematch Possible for Bachmann in Minnesota

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003111778&cpage=2

Two Democrats are ready to vie to take on Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann in a race that is almost sure to be one of 2010’s most expensive.

The Democrats’ 2008 nominee, Elwyn Tinklenberg, confirmed Wednesday that he will take another shot at the 6th District seat after losing to Bachmann, a Republican, by three percentage points. Physician Maureen Reed, the Independent Party’s 2006 candidate for lieutenant governor, also filed paperwork Wednesday to run for the Democratic nomination.

Tinklenberg, former mayor of Blaine, Minn., is hoping to revive the late surge of support his 2008 campaign received because of Bachmann’s call just before the election for an investigation into anti-American sentiment in Congress. Tinklenberg raised more than $1 million in the four days that followed, as liberals across the country rallied around him.

“If we’d had that kind of support just a little bit earlier I think we would have won,” he said.

For the next race, he said, “We’re starting at a whole different level this time,” with more name recognition and a donor base.

The district encompasses the northern suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul and is one of the most Republican-leaning in the state. Republican presidential candidate John McCain topped President Obama in the district with 53 percent of the vote.

Tinklenberg’s near-upset has also encouraged other Democrats to take a look at the race. Reed, for example, says she is not deterred by a contested primary nor the need to raise large amounts of money.

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Bachmann won with 46 percent of the vote in 2008 to Tinlenberg’s 43 percent.

Independence candidate Bob Anderson drew 10 percent of the vote

[onehandle]

1. I have $100 dollars warmed up and ready. nt

[Sugarcoated]

2. I'll go without extras for a week

to give to whoever opposes her. I'll eek out whatever I can manage. Whatever it takes.

[lavndrblue]

3. You can donate

to the DFL 6th Congressional District as well. Directly to the candidate is fine but you won't know who the endorsed candidate will be for almost a year. The money we collect will be to defeat Bachmann AND support the endorsed candidate, i.e., more boots on the ground for better voter outreach, radio ads, etc.

http://www.dfl.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6087B309-89B0-40DE-9017-0DD17C79A66A}

[Cha]

9. Thanks! Minnesota seems to

be the Hot Political Spot in the Nation right now.

[harun]

4. If he doesn't get his head out of his ass I am very prepared to help financially

support his defeat.

[Cha]

10. What? The article is

about defeating michelle bachmann.

[harun]

15. My bad.

[Cha]

17. So

kay.

[Happyhippychick]

5. I have never even been to Minnesota and I will be contributing heavily to the democratic candidate.

[lamp_shade]

6. I've got my wallet out.

[11 Bravo]

7. Carrot Top should be able to trounce that twit!

Every time she opens her pie-hole she cements her reputation as being certifiably, bat-shit insane.

[Gregorian]

14. Daffy Duck is a shoe-in.

The Nutty Professor.

God, how pathetic. There are some shit-for-brains voters if she won against anything but a cold body.

[ArbustoBuster]

23. Republicans can even lose against cold bodies!

Remember John Ashcroft?

[Gregorian]

33. I thought is was Ashcroft.

I deleted it from my post because I wasn't sure. Haha.

Thanks for supplying me with the invaluable Ashcroft info!

[Cha]

8. If this doesn't deserve a Rec'd

and a huge Thank you to Tinklenberg..I don't know what does.

He lost by 3% points coming in without too much name recognition and now in 2010 he'll be back with bachmann having shown off her ugliest for two years.

There's republican and there's the batshit insane, bachmann.

[dflprincess]

18. And remember Bob Anderson - the guy who filed as the Independence Party candidate

(even though the Independence Party had also endorsed Tinklenberg) got 10% of the vote.

If the DFL wants to win that seat they need to endorse a candidate with a name like Anderson, Johnson, Peterson - anything with "son" on the end or many "quist". That's still good enough to pull in a lot of uninformed votes in that part of the state.

[Drunken Irishman]

25. Ha, really?

So it's kinda like running an Irish sounding candidate in Mass? :D

Here in Utah it's similar, though more Mormon sounding names like Ephram, Nephi, Pratt (surname), Young (surname) and Kimball (either surname or real name).

[dflprincess]

31. Yeah - a Scandanavian name still works here

Though in my family the Irish name works better - as long as there is a "DFL" after it.

Several years ago the Republican's candidate for Attorney General (I forget who it was, but he did have the right qualifications) was challenged by an absolute nut case (even the Republicans thought she was nuts) who crawled out of the woodwork and who was totally unsuited to the job. Her name was Sharon Anderson. She won. Though she won for two reasons 1) the Scandanavian name and 2) for a long time there was a local midday show hosted by a couple and the woman's name was Sharon Anderson (you can catch a clip of the show in "Fargo). :rofl:

Fortunately, even running against that name, the DFL candidate won in November.

On the other hand, about the same time, the DFL's endorsed candidate for state Auditor was defeated by an unqualified woman named Carol Johnson - who lost in November to the Republican candidate who suddenly started using her maiden name, Anderson, on the ballot.

Maybe we do need literacy tests at the polls.

[Drunken Irishman]

32. We have a lot Scandinavian surnames here, too.

Since the Mormons heavily converted Danes. So you'll see Nielson, Anderson, Peterson and the like.

[Arkana]

11. I'll toss a couple bucks the Democrat's way after the primary.

Anything to get that concentrated cup of crazy out of her seat--she's just awful.

[AtomicKitten]

12. I'll pony up for anybody opposing that mess, even somebody named "Elwyn Tinklenberg." n/t

[Cha]

19. Remember back when he was

running in 2008? I think he had one of the highest spikes in campaign funds(onliners) in history!

Imagine what it's going to be in 2010$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[AtomicKitten]

21. I hope MoveOn targets races like this.

There are plenty of youtube clips to bury her sorry ass.

[grantcart]

27. I wonder if the other side is going to invest much money in the race

[Cha]

29. Too bad we don't

have a Dean's Dozens.:)

[LaPera]

13. Bachmann' a complete idiot-She listens to pigman Limbaugh's lies each day then recites them as truth

Everyone knows Limbaugh makes up shit and has for all the years he's been on the air...but this unbelievable stupid gullible clown Bachmann believes the pigman's lies as truth, and then she gets shot down each each and every time for reciting the bullshit publicly....

To show one how absolutely stupid Bachmann is....she just doesn't learn from her mistakes & distortions, she continues to repeat Limbaugh's and others bullshit as fact.

I suppose for Bachmann's fellow gullible republicans in her district it works, and/or she also wants to believe the lies as fact herself.

Bachmann is truly as stupidly ignorant as they come!

[nomaco-10]

16. Her defeat would restore some of my faith....

in the average american voter. Her and her ilk should be relevated to obscurity forever in this country. I think the 2010 elections are going to turn out to be another stellar cycle for the dems.
Her defeat will be particularly delicious.

[nomaco-10]

20. Bachman, Virginia Foxx and Jean Schmidt....

are my three main repuke women in the house that need to go in the next election cycle. I'll even settle for two out of three. They all need to go asap.

[Supersedeas]

38. Jeb Hensarling, Eric Cantor, and Patrick McHenry are three skanks to add to the list

[Arugula Latte]

22. DU needs to jump all over this race

and pony up what we can when it's time.

Time for this loon to learn a lesson.

[Ikonoklast]

24. I'll give to El again.

If he gets a running start with money and support, this next time Bachmann will be toast.

[Number23]

26. I have never wanted a politician to be defeated as badly as I want Bachmann to go down

She is my Cheney. In other words, she's my white whale...

[polichick]

28. How ANYONE could vote for that whack is a mystery to me.

[Milspec]

30. What sort of pork

has she brought into her district, that might be a stick to beat her with.

[saltpoint]

34. Bachmann's voice is divisive and inflammatory and intemperate.

She seems to forge her opinions out of thin air and toilet water and then insists on spraying them onto the nation with the garden hose of her ego.

I gave some money to El Tinklenberg in his challenge to Bachmann this past cycle. He can count on me for another check for the next cycle with a view toward getting a toxic attention-seeking provocateur out of the 112th Congress.

Thanks for this post, grantcart. Recommended.

[BlooInBloo]

35. The electorate deserves what they vote for.

[LynnTheDem]

36. The opposition only needs to replay Bachmann's own deeply dumb words over & over again

to win.

Only the very deeply stupid would ever support such a deeply stupid person like Bachmann.

[Orsino]

37. A strong challenger ought to be able to seal the deal against this weakest of candidates...

...who hides behind jingoism and lies.