Endorsement

Posted at 11:57 AM on March 14, 2006 by Bob Collins

I'm not exactly sure why the blogs are abuzz today with whether Mark Dayton did or did not endorse Amy Klobuchar but the gist of the hand-wringing today seems to be that Klobuchar is somehow ashamed of Dayton's endorsement. The Hill, as I mentioned last night, reported on a Kennedy press release asking why Klobuchar won't talk it up.

For the record, everyone seems to be pointing to a Strib article. At least one blog said that the article said Klobuchar got the endorsement.

What the story said was:

"In contrast, the party's other front-runner, in the U.S. Senate race, found no need to trumpet an important endorsement on Wednesday.

Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar finally received the official blessing from U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, whose retirement is leaving the open seat she seeks, but there was no prominent announcement. Her convincing triumph Tuesday night means the endorsement is all but hers, and her challenge now is to find mainstream positions heading toward the general election, and maybe keep just a little distance from liberals such as Dayton."

OK, let's see if I got this right. Dayton didn't have any prominent announcement; didn't appear to have any announcement at all. Dayton says he hasn't endorsed Klobuchar yet but probably will. And Dayton gave her a "blessing," the meaning of which remains unclear to me.

Time to take a walk and go talk to average voters, folks. Find out what they are interested in and then -- just a suggestion -- talk about that for awhile. See how that goes over.

By the way -- going out on a limb here -- I'm gonna guess that the senior Minnesota senator , a DFLer, will -- in fact -- endorse the DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.

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