There is this great episode of the West Wing where Bartlett is running for reelection and one of his competitors gets “the question” and totally muffs it. Did you miss that one? Watch a brief snippet below.
Erik Paulsen must have been channeling the fictitious Majority Leader when he was talking to Tim Pugmire about why he wants to run for Congress.
“This is absolutely another wonderful opportunity to enter public service at a different level, focusing on issues like globalization and issues that I think that I genuinely care about and I think have learned a lot about some expertise on now and try to carry that to a new level as we do try to educate our kids for a global economy,” he said. “So that’s something in the back of my mind that definitely interests me and the opportunity, and I think I would do a good job.”
Huh?
Compare that to the clear and thoughtful answer given by State Senator Terri Bonoff.
“The issues that I’ve gotten most involved in at the state Legislature are issues where our biggest challenges and obstacles lie at the federal level,” she said. “And so I feel like I am in a position to contribute at that level. I grew up in Edina. I’ve lived in Minnetonka for 15 years. I believe that my values, my principles, my beliefs are a reflection of the people of this district.”
Watch out Erik, you keep this up and the Republicans are going to abandon you for James Brolin.
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she gave the same old tired meaningless BS answer.. i did not like his either, i hate globalization
Eric Paulsen is the new Miss Teen South Carolina
Hold on. I read that quote, and laughed at the syntax. Then I listened to the quote in the MPR piece. Written as a verbatim quote, it reads much worse without the verbal inflections and pauses. Was it a sterling piece of political smooth-talking? No. Was it a bumbling, incoherent statement? No. President Bush has the same problem with not completing thoughts, phrases and sentences before veering off into other thoughts. Paulsen didn’t sound anywhere near as foolish as Bush frequently does.
There’s a high standard.
Richard - that’s pretty funny! (MDE is lame) If this is how he operates, I hope we do see Paulsen as the GOP nominee. (MDE is lame) Love to see the seat go DFL. (MDE is embarrassing to read) But mocking Paulsen for this quote is making much ado about very little. (MDE is what’s wrong with politics) On the off chance that Brodkorb is trolling blog comments for any signs of dissent within DFL-supporters, I will now go back and insert something throughout this comment for his benefit. If only to make copying/pasting more difficult for him.