The race for the 8th congressinal district is set. The republicans endorsed Chip Cravaack one the first ballet he received more then 60% of the vote.
Cravaack was the clear winner all along, when you went to an event he had the most support. When you entered Mr.D's for the town hall meeting, a couple weeks ago the buttons where almost all for Cravaack.
I am not sure a republican can win this district however if there was a year for it to happen this would be it. I still point to Oberstar beating Grams in the 2006 race. Grams did not get much better numbers then any other republican that has ran against Oberstar. Grams was a former Senator, and he had the name reconginzion, he also was a good fund raiser. Still he was well be hind Oberstar in the race.
I think Cravaack is a good candidate and only time will tell. He lives in the southern most part of the district and will have to campaign up here a lot to try to make any in roads on the race. He will have to try to convince a heavily DFL area that now is the time for change.
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Grams was also a former Senator.
Hi John, I agree, the wind is at our backs for Conservatives but it will take more than that to take the 8th. It will take a lot of shoe leather and great volunteers to get the message out that government works for the people, not the other way around. Congressman Oberstar's vote to approve a job killing Cap and Trade bill that will shut down the mines and be a death knell to our struggling manufacturing industry, a Stimulus bill rife with earmarks and political kickbacks, and now a healthcare bill that funds abortions, limits and mandates care, promotes Euthanasia for our seniors, will increase our taxes and healthcare premiums are just but a few examples of Congressman Oberstar's lack of understanding the needs of the people of Minnesota's 8th District. Looking forward to catching up with you on the Campaign Trail.....Chip
Chip: Thanks for the comment, I agree with you on Oberstar. I do think that you will need to campaign up in this area a lot and if you do there is possiblity of changing some minds.
Yes the volunteers are needed and great but now more then ever people need to hear your messsage from you.
Oberstar has been in office far to long, and has done little to nothing for our area for years. He gets elected because of his name and the DFL behind his name, it is too bad people can't see beyond the party names. There is a lot of great people running for office that are not DFLers and you are one of them.
I look forward to a change and hope you are succeful, it will be tough but I will help in any way possible.
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