Mark Dayton(DFL MN) : * Admin – Operates in Evidence Free Zones

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Mark Dayton: (DFL MN) * Admin – Operates in Evidence Free Zones

Saw Mark Dayton (DFL MN) at the Rochester MN airport this morning. He and Matt Entenza (Minority House leader, MN) were traveling rural Minnesota today to discuss the failed policies of the * and Pawlenty (Gov – MN) administrations.

Entenza held up a map of Minnesota that was cut out at the borders, excepting the metro areas of the Twin Cities to demonstrate where all efforts were being directed to ease unemployment. The Cities receives a high percentage (sorry, missed the number, so won’t try to quote, but it was close to 4/5’s) of funds from the Fed and state dollars.

Dayton reminded attendees that the * administration squandered the surplus on tax giveaways to folks who will recycle the refunds back into *’s campaign. That money could have come back to the states to assist with the states’ crisis as it was the states that sent surplus $’s to the Fed. Then, mentioned *’s 35 day vacation and how it would be broken up by fund raising. Funny way to spend a vacation and we should beware of anyone who can find the fun in fundraising.

My favorite quote of the morning was in reference to *’s traveling circus of an economic team that came into Minnesota last week and told us how MN was on the forefront of the economic recovery. Dayton called it “operating in Evidence Free Economic Zones”. Dayton cited the highest unemployment rates in 10 years (noting who the Pres was that brought about that!), no new hiring, the failure of NAFTA, and migration of jobs.

Choice comments on finding new jobs in Minnesota was as easy as finding WMD in Iraq – you just make them up!

I am really starting to like Dayton. Great sense of humor – speaking is improving – I guess he has found a reason/cause to get fired up about.