MN-Gov: Pawlenty leads Hatch by 3

[ilikeverin]

That's pretty surprising.  I didn't even think this race was a close one!

  Maybe more threads about the Minnesota election should be opened so I can talk more

Hatch is a popular AJ here.  He's made a lot of lawsuits against big companies (especially health companies) about poor practices, negligence, etc., which have made him popular with we populist-leaning Minnesotans, who tend to be liberal than most on health care.  This has resulted in him getting plenty of plaudits, and he was the only Democrat elected in the 2002 statewide elections (winning 54-41-4).  I had been hoping for years that he'd run for Governor, and look, now he is

[ilikeverin]

That's pretty surprising.  I didn't even think this race was a close one!

  Maybe more threads about the Minnesota election should be opened so I can talk more

Hatch is a popular AJ here.  He's made a lot of lawsuits against big companies (especially health companies) about poor practices, negligence, etc., which have made him popular with we populist-leaning Minnesotans, who tend to be liberal than most on health care.  This has resulted in him getting plenty of plaudits, and he was the only Democrat elected in the 2002 statewide elections (winning 54-41-4).  I had been hoping for years that he'd run for Governor, and look, now he is

If Hatch loses a close race, he'd be a sure bet against Norm Coleman, right?

It depends; I'm not sure how long the AJ term is, and he was elected in 2002, so it's possible that, if he'd lost, he'd be out of a job, making his chances to be elected to anything slimmer.  But who knows *shrug*