Get some decent headline writers, Star-Tribune:
Prof who ousted Ciresi eyes Franken
Tall and lean at 57, with a shock of snowy hair and a manner both passionate and professorial, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer calls himself the insurgent in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race.
Ah, a puff piece on the guy who's running against Al Franken for the DFL endorsement. Look, I respect what JNP is doing, and will no doubt get several comments from Pallmeyer boosters (Hi Charley) on this post. And Pallmeyer has made a better effort in this race than Ciresi did -- namely, he has actually defined himself positively instead of telling delegates constantly only that he is not Al Franken.
But to say that Pallmeyer "ousted" Ciresi from the race is just downright disingenuous. Ciresi himself and Franken did that well enough on their own.
Again, I have deep respect for what Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer has accomplished for his issues and for his supporters. But there's very little chance at this point of Jack actually winning the DFL endorsement. The Star-Tribune, which claims to be the leading newspaper in the Twin Cities traditional media, needs to step up and actually analyze the situation in this race instead of sitting back, taking a few quotes from Pallmeyer and his field organizer (who's a good guy, by the way), and just telling the story of a day at a local convention.
Alternately, they can let the blogs do their job for them. We're happy to step into the gap. Now, about that advertising revenue...
I'll post some analysis on that SurveyUSA poll later in the day, once I've had a chance to look at the cross-tabs. |
