This is laughable – but I always like a good joke, as long as it’s on the GOP:
Grams, who was elected to the U.S. House in 1992 [and] the U.S. Senate in 1994, said… today [he] hasn’t yet thrown his hat into the ring.
“I haven’t said yes. I haven’t said no,” said Grams.
Grams was beaten in 2000 by the spectacularly forgettable Mark Dayton, who served only a single term because his re-election chances were so slim. But the ignominy did not end there for Grams:
Grams waged a brief campaign to challenge former U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy for the 2006 Republican nomination for Senate. He dropped out of that race and ran for the U.S. House against long-time 8th District Rep. Jim Oberstar.
Kennedy was trounced by Democrat Amy Klobuchar in the Senate race and Oberstar skated to his 17th victory in House race.
His ability to make trouble for Coleman is surely slim indeed. But who doesn’t love a little GOP infighting? And even if Grams is just a lousy vessel for winger discontent, that’s a good sign in and of itself.
(Hat-tip: The Big E.)
Club for Growth. Please, please jump into the race. I will gladly donate lots of money to the most effective way to take down Coleman.
Other than the fact that he hated begging people for money being the reason him getting reelected would have been an uphill battle, why do you say Dayton is “spectacularly forgettable”?
i think rod ran against comgressman oberstar last year and lost like 70-30. he may be running some exciting campaigns in his daydreams, but here in mn, he’s done.
…..long ago past his prime, but perennially refusing to say uncle and relentlessly trying to break back onto the scene despite longer and longer odds with each passing year. I think it’s starting to become pathetic to just about everybody at this point.