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Really, I think there are some voters who won’t be able to get past Madia’s lack of experience, both as a professional in the community and legislatively. For some, his military service will more than offset the lack of other experience. But for many, it will not.

I do agree w/ AK on the Sarvi point. Sarvi is about as good a candidate as you can put up against Kline. That, combined with the anti-GOP mood, and if there ever was a year this is it.

But perhaps there will be opportunity to photograph the 4 on stage together sometime this campaign season.

Just have to be in the right place at the right time, and that’s not at the Excel in early September.

Keep up the good work fellas!

Madia might get hammered in pockets of the district because of his ethnicity and because he’s single. He’s smooth and has a great story to tell, we’ll find out how much the district has changed.

El’s problem is that it’s the only district in the state with large geographic areas that aren’t embarrassed by Bachmann. His hope is geography, large turnouts in the North Metro and St. Cloud to counter the hillbillies. He does have 2008 going for him.

Al is the one candidate that could get blasted. I don’t think Minnesotans like him or Coleman. Jesse is an opportunist and wins this election if he enters the race. Al could implode before the election and get 35% of the vote without Jesse in the race.

I think Madia will win. I think it would’ve been neck and neck in like 2006 but in 2008, Obama is going to win pretty handidly in Minnesota (we are no swing state this election, yet though) and the third district was a very large key to his primary win, being able to attract upper middle class, educated, whites. That is this entire CD pretty much. Obama will win it handidly and carry Madia over to a sure victory. And Paulsen just seems exactly what the Bush administration is about and would be a total rubber stamp for every policy, which will come out in the debates.

I have faith in Franken, but a little bit of doubt. It’ll just take some work. I certainly think he will connect a lot better with Minnesotans than Coleman, that accent is just really NYC.

Is there ever not a time when you are thinking about men’s genitalia, Johnson?

That sort of laser wit must make you proud.