..in the fact that Minnesota did itself more or less proud. Stunningly high voter turnout, solid support for Kerry (no, Governor Pawlenty, the suburbs are not a right-wing monolith!), and +13 seats for the DFL in the state House of Representatives. Patty Wetterling lost, but by a much smaller margin than the polls showed -- nice performance against a well-funded incumbent with attack dogs at the ready.
My brother-in-law (former Minnesotan) has claimed for a long time that politically, Minnesota was on its way to becoming "South Dakota with pro sports." I hope we proved him wrong yesterday.
I'm afraid. I'm very afraid. But I'm proud of my state.
And I promise to stop writing about politics now.
Posted by at November 3, 2004 7:05 PM