And you certainly don’t have any leg to stand on when said persons end up passing very devastating legislation that affects the entire state, let alone the image of the Republican party.

We either have this debate now, since we were not given time before the election, or we wait til the Democrats start dropping lit pieces in every single close District come mid October.

Gee, let me think. Get this crap out of the way, and hopefully remove any doubt of it possibly being true, now? Or wait til there is no time to respond when all the voters are paying attention?

This whole thing is really lame and the attacks those of us who have come out against Olson’s endorsement are really lame. Oh and so is the Shut up! argument. No seriously, I hope that there will be a strong push for the Republican party to pull out of the primary election process in Minnesota and change state law. Since if only party conventions can select a candidate, then we are wasting taxpayer money on primary elections. It is settled, done, over at the party’s private conventions.

If he wins in November, how can the Senate Caucus just up say the House was wrong and welcome him with open arms? How will voters see that in 2010 when we get to hold the Senate accountable? (Jeez, even with in the party, Republicans don’t agree, why should we trust the Republicans and throw some of these Senate Dems out of office?)

Has his career record been perfect? His ratings from groups seem a bit inconsistent over the years.
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=3815&type=category&category=10&go.x=5&go.y=11

Heck Ron Erhardt had a better taxpayer score in 2003.
http://www.taxpayersleague.org/pdf/legscorecard2003.pdf

It’s apparent that the three of us agree that Mark Olson’s voting record is just fine but that isn’t the defining issue.

We must police ourselves. When a man is convicted of domestic assault, that should be the end of his political career. PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.

While Republicans are the party of local control, that doesn’t mean that we trust that their decisions are flawless. They aren’t. When a candidate is endorsed that outsiders think is too squishy, we should keep our silence. It’s that endorsing convention’s decision.

When a convicted criminal is endorsed, especially considering the nature of his offense, that is where we need to draw the line.

As for pledges for abiding by the endorsement process, this is one time when I’d applaud the breaking of that promise. I’ve met Alison Krueger. She’ll make a great state senator if given the opportunity. Now it’s time for the people of SD-16 to give her that opportunity.