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Great news for the DFL

by Jeff Rosenberg | 27 Comments

A DFL victory in the 2010 gubernatorial race may just have gotten a lot easier, as Joe Repya has just announced he will seek the Independence Party endorsement. Does that name sound familiar? This is probably the reason:

Repya’s only previous brush with elective office came in 2006 when he mounted a challenge for chairmanship of the state GOP, a contest he lost. Repya questioned the party’s financial dealings and management style at the time.

A Repya candidacy in the general election could seriously split the conservative vote. In short, it could do to the GOP what the IP has so often done to the DFL.

Now, I don’t want to over-emphasize this, because the last thing I want to see is the DFL candidate counting on a  fractured Republican party to put him or her over the top. The DFL needs to pick a candidate that can legitimately contend for a majority of the vote, not a plurality. We will win by out-hustling and out-campaigning the GOP candidate. I’d certainly be glad of an IP spoiler, but a DFLer who counts on that spoiler to lead him or her to victory will be in for a nasty surprise come November.

January 21, 2010, 1:00 pm | Category: Misc. Local Politics | Tags: .

I Love The Smell Of Republican Infighting In The Morning #2

by Zack Stephenson | 30 Comments

This morning, I linked to a post written by Joe Repya, a prominent Republican activist and former candidate for MN GOP Chair, slamming Republican operative Michael Brodkorb.  Repya had published the post on his personal blog, The Eagle’s Nest.  Shortly after I published my post, Repya emailed me alleging that his post, which he had cross posted at True North, had been taken down by the site’s administrator without his knowledge or permission:

I have found out that my post was taken down by the site administrator at True North after numerous calls/messages from Michael Brodkorb.

I asked the administrators of True North about Repya’s allegations.  Here is their reply:

Mr. Brodkorb had nothing to do with our decision. No one had contact with Brodkorb on this subject or on this post. We as the editors of TrueNorth felt it was not the type of post we think True North is here for. It is rare that we pull any posts down, but from time to time some posts happen to be put up on TN that are better suited on an individual’s blog, not on a website with such a large and variety of contributors who may or may not agree.

I also asked Michael Brodkorb about Repya’s allegations:

I didn’t have anything to do with the post being removed from True North and the independent statement from the site’s administrators verify that.

January 12, 2009, 5:29 pm | Category: Misc. Local Politics | Tags: , .

I Love The Smell Of Republican Infighting In The Morning

by Zack Stephenson | 13 Comments

What a pleasant way to start your day:

Frankly, I’m no fan of this guy and Michael Brodkorb’s effort to run for MN GOP Deputy is laughable.

Brodkorb is perhaps one of the most angry, abrasive, and divisive individuals in Minnesota’s political process. His thuggish and bullying behavior has caused many GOP grassroots activists in Eagan to be so turned off by his antics that they lost interest in participating in the political process. Eagan is now a solid DFL stronghold. He is one of the reasons that the MN GOP has lost so much ground the last three elections.

The current MN GOP Deputy, Dorothy Fleming is a far better candidate and a uniter not divider.

That’s Joe Repya, prominent Republican activist and past (and perhaps future) candidate for MN GOP Chair, discussing Michael Brodkorb, proprietor of Minnesota Democrats Exposed and Communications Director for the Senate Republican Caucus. It would seem that some among the GOP’s activist base are not too pleased with Michael’s scorched earth tactics.

Of course, Repya’s feud with Brodkorb is nothing new. Brodkorb managed Ron Carey’s re-election campaign for party chair two years ago. Repya was Carey’s opponent. What is new, however, is this blog: (which I hadn’t discovered until I read Repya’s post) Dump Brodkorb. Its apparently an effort to prevent Michael from being elected MN GOP Deputy Chair. One would think that Repya would be sympathetic with this blog, but Joe smells foul play:

As of this morning no one has stepped forward to admit ownership of the web site.

This has led many of us to deduce that the owner of the web site might actually be Michael Brodkorb.

Why? It fits his pattern of despicable political shenanigans. Set up a web site against himself, so he can play the victim card and say that mystical forces or his political enemies are trying to keep him from office because they fear his effectiveness.

Dump Brodkorb has no real content yet, but I’ve added it my to my RSS and I’m looking forward to see what they come up with.

UPDATE: I wrote above that Repya might be a future candidate for MN GOP Chair.  Well, Repya just announced that he will not run and will instead support former Senator Rod Grams for the position.  I don’t think that the GOP will elect Grams Chair.  There is just no way that the DFL could be that lucky.

January 12, 2009, 8:39 am | Category: Misc. Local Politics | Tags: , , .