Posted at 4:03 PM on January 24, 2006
by Bob Collins
Gubernatorial candidate Steve Kelley has fired back at Mike Hatch's apparent decision not to honor the DFL Party endorsement.
From a release today:
Senator Kelley is focused on winning in November. He declared: “It’s time to stop dividing the party—I am abiding by the DFL endorsement because Democrats need to be united to win. I know that DFL delegates want to win in November. Those delegates are smart—they will choose the candidate who can win. I disagree with Mike Hatch that the winner at the DFL convention will win because of some political purity test. The DFL has changed since Hatch last ran for governor. Thousands of new people have gotten involved in recent years: moms and dads who care about health care; business owners who are concerned about early childhood education; workers who care about renewable energy. These diverse people can’t be boxed in by Hatch’s old-hat way of thinking
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