2nd District blues

Posted at 11:14 AM on February 6, 2006 by Bob Collins

DFL support for Coleen Rowley seems to be coming apart at the seams, at least on Main Street. With Sharon Marko ready to jump in the race, some of the DFL-leaning blogs are jumping off the Rowley ship.

Minnesota Campaign Report makes it distinctly clear:

et's get one thing straight - I would much rather have a Democrat in the 2nd CD seat rather than John Kline. But Ms. Rowley is not a good candidate. She does not demonstrate effective control in public speech, she does not exert control over her message (or perhaps too much, either way, it's bad) or over her campaign staff. "I was a post-9/11 whistleblower" is simply not enough to get elected to Congress. This is one case where an insurgent, activist-based campaign is a very bad thing - when the candidate is running on name recognition alone, and once the campaign gets off the ground, the cracks start to show. Not good.

Backbone Minnesota leaves it at this:

“I’ve just noticed the occasional lack of professional ability” - St. Sen. Sharon Marko (DFL) 2/1/06, when asked to comment on Coleen Rowley’s campaign.

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