The First Congressional District in Minnesota should, by all reasonable measures, be a tough spot for a House Dem to keep his seat. The district is right on the edge between Dem and Repub, it was represented for generations by a Republican Rep, and Walz is a first-termer — arguably the most difficult reelection of a Rep’s career. So, don’t let anyone tell you that the race in the 1st is an easy battle, it just looks that way because Tim Walz has been kicking some major butt.
Need more evidence of the butt-kicking that is happening down South? Brian Davis, Tim Walz’s Republican opponent, just released his first TV ad of the general election and it’s an attack ad. An attack ad! No bio, no introduction, no issues ad, just straight to the attack. Davis is getting his first real chance to let the district, on a broad base, know who he is and what he stands for but instead he chose to attack Walz. This is the definition of desperation.
What’s more, the ad is full of blatant lies. Davis knows the reason that Walz is kicking his butt is because Walz fits the district so danged well and has done an admirable job of representing the district’s moderate nature in his votes in Congress. So, because of this, Davis is trying to paint Walz as a liberal. Davis claims that Walz is among the most liberal in Congress, but by the National Journel’s statistics Walz has a more conservative voting record than 35.7% of Congress! Admittedly, these sort of ratings are flawed for a variety of reasons, but his record confirms. He voted against his party on the bailout twice (which I disagree with, but that’s a different story) because he felt it didn’t mesh with the 1st’s needs. He’s endorsed by the NRA and the VFW. He voted to allow the moratorium on off-shore drilling to end. Oh and he’s a friend of Minnesota’s farmers: he’s receiving the “Friend’s of Farm Bureau” award, he’s endorsed by the National Farmer’s Union, he was a champion of raising the minimum wage, and he fought hard for the new Farm Bill. Wow, what a liberal nut!
The fact of the matter is that Tim Walz is a moderate who fits his district, which is probably why he’s so popular there. To try to undermine this strength, Brian Davis has released a desperate ad full of lies. But, the reality is that lies and all, this ad is airing in the 1st and people will see it. So how about we help Tim fight back; I think it serves all Minnesotans well to have this guy around for a while.
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