Kennedy cancels speech at the U of M

Posted at 3:17 PM on August 21, 2006 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

The U of M's Humphrey School sent out a notice saying 6th District Congressman Mark Kennedy has canceled his speech for Tuesday morning. Kennedy is the GOP endorsed candidate for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat. The U of M said there was a last minute scheduling conflict and they hope to reschedule.

That scheduling conflict may be Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Kennedy has a capitol news conference scheduled with McConnell at 11 AM. He also said he will appear with President Bush at some point during the president's Tuesday visit to Minnesota.. An official with Kennedy's campaign says Congressman Kennedy will also attend President Bush's policy speech and the fundraiser for 6th District GOP candidate Michele Bachmann on Tuesday afternoon.

Comments (2)

Kennedy has no good options left. His attempt at being a moderate is considered to be an election year conversion. And now when he goes back to his roots, voters are reminded how close he is to Bush, and now to Bachmann - the apex of radicalism.

Rock, meet hard place.

Posted by Noah Kunin | August 21, 2006 4:45 PM

Mark Kennedy (or "an official with his campaign") made a huge stink awhile back over Amy Klobuchar's (or someone's) attempt to prevent videotaping of Klobuchar's public policy speech at the Humphrey Institute. The controversy got plenty of media coverage.

Now, Mark Kennedy has cancelled his speech at the Humphrey Institute at the last minute. For what? Other campaign events he deemed more important, evidently. One of them with the president from whom he is running at breakneck speed--at least in his ads. Where's the media outcry over Kennedy's last-minute cancellation, choosing Bush over students? Is it because Ron Carey didn't issue six press releases about it?

Posted by Karl | August 22, 2006 10:38 AM

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