Reply #14: As a resident of Minneapolis... [View All]

[MinneapolisMatt]

...most of my friends live here, but I grew up in Hastings, so I know a few pepople there too.

Anyway, without a shadow of a doubt, every single person I have talked to about Patty Wetterling possibly running for Sentor has expressed 100% support and would vote for her.

Even my die-hard, born-again christian fundie repub parents love her! (I was around the same age as Jacob was when he was abducted, so I'm sure that DOES play into it...but still. If it keeps Kennedy out, I'll take it.)

Kennedy may have won re-election last year, but do not under-estimate the power of the Wetterling name state-wide. I think people on both sides of the aisle would like to give her a chance. She's a fighter and a survivor, and has already shown Minnesotan's she can unite us, albeit through the tragic abduction of her son.

Plus, a lot of people who didn't get the chance to vote for her last year haven't forgotten Kennedy's HORRENDOUS attack ads against her, saying she had accepted money from "terrorist organizations"! That crap did not fly down here (in Minneapolis). At all!

Matt