tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post7561565368879668307..comments2023-10-31T10:06:53.344-05:00Comments on Blue man in a Red district: Muse posts about ReedHal Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436615739937572663noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post-53574430156026931192009-10-29T15:16:17.024-05:002009-10-29T15:16:17.024-05:00I am not cognizant of candidacies and strategic pl...I am not cognizant of candidacies and strategic planning, I admit that, but I saw it as strange that a candidacy was begun formally before Tinklenberg's brief testing of the waters; yet staff hirings were announced only after the end of the second reporting quarter with six figure contributions noted at the end of the first quarter.<br /><br />Is that kind of delay at all normal?<br /><br />In complaining of not being given a fair shot at union endorsements, did she aggressively go down a list calling and saying she wanted an interview? Or was she waiting for people with money to come to her first?<br /><br />Again, I do not know the normal way, but it seems you want people to surrender their cash, you have to make a contact asking.<br /><br />Have any past DFL delegates gotten calls from Reed? Have you, Hal?<br /><br />"I am running and I would hope you would vote for me at caucus because ..."<br /><br />I have not gotten calls from either Clark or Reed; but I have publicly identified myself as not a DFL regular or insider, but having caucused once, 2008 cycle, only, at precinct level.<br /><br />I expect neither to have called.<br /><br />But has Reed been calling and schmoozing the regulars?<br /><br />No candidate is entitled to say, they must come to me. It seems the union bus left before any atttempt to get on board; but that's only an outsider's guess. In complaining, I have not seen Reed say she took extensive steps to assure her consideration and made phone calls explaining why she was more deserving of consideration than Clark.<br /><br />Unschooled in how it's normally done, it seems "They must seek me out and I may talk to them" is a hilltop guru thing, not candidate behavior.eric zaetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678223934280297732noreply@blogger.com