Politics & Government
National Democratic Operative Weighs In: Biden Needs To Put Resources Into Minnesota
If national Democrats coast here because they think we are reliably blue, I fear they are about to make a terrible mistake.
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March 19, 2024
The Biden campaign recently announced a $300 million, six-week advertising campaign, and that they would be hiring staff in the key battleground states. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel recently reported that the Biden campaign will be running their campaign operation out of Milwaukee for the first time in at least two decades.
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The campaign is not getting into a lot of details yet, but I should hope the Biden folks will run a robust operation here in Minnesota. It should involve aggressive social media, digital and on-air paid media because I am here to tell you that if national Democrats coast here because they think we are reliably blue, I fear they are about to make a terrible mistake.
Rarely do I believe a word that comes out the mouth of the disgraced former president who is facing 91 charges in four separate criminal cases, but it caught my attention recently when during a call to a conservative talk show host out of St. Cloud right before our primary, he said — while also lying about the 2020 election results — that he doesn’t think Minnesota is quite so blue, and that he is going to put resources into winning the state if he’s the nominee.
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Of course, in that same interview he said, “Tom Emmer is a good guy. I felt that for a long time.” Needless to say, he doesn’t really think that. And, of course, he had to say that he won Minnesota four years ago (he did not); and that “bad things” happened in Minnesota (which is a lie.)
That said, nearly 1 in 5 Democrats in the primary voted “uncommitted,” which will allow 11 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. So it seems as if voter enthusiasm is a bit shaky here. As I told the Reformer the day after the election, “I hope this serves as a wake up call to the Biden folks, and that they make a decision to put money into the state.”
In a tight race, which I assume that this will be, every vote is going to count. If the undecided vote continues on into the fall and/or people stay home, the final outcome could be uncomfortably close, and that could drag down Democrats down the ballot.
So, to the Biden campaign, take no chances: Put resources into Minnesota.
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