Looking ahead to Minnesota in 2012

[redcommander]

If Obama is still in the dump politically and popularity wise, will Michelle Bahmann have a shot pick up Klobuchar's senate seat? I'm pretty sure that is Minnesota loses an electoral vote which is likely, Democrats will draw out her district to try and get rid of her, so running for senate might be an obvious choice for her to try and keep herself politically relevant.

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Seeing as how she is so insanely popular in her congressional district and always keeps winning in landslides and how her district is clearly not any more conservative than the state at large, she should win with no problem.

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The Republicans will almost certainly have a net gain in the 2012 Senate elections, but talk of Bachmann beating Klobuchar is insanity.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Klobuchar has spent her term in the Senate carefully crafting a friendly, inoffensive, Senator Soccer Mom kind of image, so her popularity isn't in trouble. To be honest, I can't think of a Minnesota politician that would be a huge threat to her. Kline is a completely generic backbencher, Paulsen is only in his first term, and Pawlenty's popularity has taken a dive ever since he switched from "get re-elected" mode to "run for President" mode.

[Niemeyerite]

Klobuchar is one of the most popular senators. minnesota leans dem., and bachmann would lose if she were to run in kentucky. SAFE DEM.

[DrScholl]

Klobuchar is non-controversial, Bachmann is not, so that race would go nowhere for Bachmann.

[Meeker]

I don't think it will happen, but a possibility is that Pawlenty pulls a Jim Gilmore and runs against Klobuchar after he loses the early states and exits the Presidential race.

[ilikeverin]

If Obama is still in the dump politically and popularity wise, will Michelle Bahmann have a shot pick up Klobuchar's senate seat? I'm pretty sure that is Minnesota loses an electoral vote which is likely, Democrats will draw out her district to try and get rid of her, so running for senate might be an obvious choice for her to try and keep herself politically relevant.

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I don't think it will happen, but a possibility is that Pawlenty pulls a Jim Gilmore and runs against Klobuchar after he loses the early states and exits the Presidential race.

And then he'd lose.  By quite a margin.

[Vepres]

Bachmann would be slaughtered, and any Republican looking to get in the Senate that has any brains would wait to challenge Franken in 2014.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Klobuchar has spent her term in the Senate carefully crafting a friendly, inoffensive, Senator Soccer Mom kind of image, so her popularity isn't in trouble. To be honest, I can't think of a Minnesota politician that would be a huge threat to her. Kline is a completely generic backbencher, Paulsen is only in his first term, and Pawlenty's popularity has taken a dive ever since he switched from "get re-elected" mode to "run for President" mode.

Coleman maybe? But, I think most serious candidates would wait until 2014 and Franken.

[Niemeyerite]

Klobuchar would win bachmann's district

[Torie]

Bachmann would be slaughtered, and any Republican looking to get in the Senate that has any brains would wait to challenge Franken in 2014.

Ditto.