Well, the major party national conventions are almost upon us. This is the latest they have been. The strange mixing of early primaries and late conventions may be a sign of the way things will be in the future.
And in time for the conventions, MinnPost runs a story by Albert Eisele, former DPP Washington reporter and writer of a dual biography of Hubert Humphrey [the real one, not the guy who was our Attorney General] and Eugene McCarthy, Almost to the Presidency.
Most of the cases he cites might be familiar to those who have studied Minnesota history, stories involving some legendary names like Donnelly, Olson, Stassen, Burger, Humphrey, McCarthy, and Mondale. The story seems to have been included because of the prominence Governor Pawlenty may be having at this year’s GOP bash.
Some may think that Pawlenty is a long shot for VP, and a cynic might be musing over Pawlenty not being able to give his acceptance speech because he is looking for the convention in Mpls. but regardless of one’s take on this year’s confabs, Eisele’s post makes interesting reading which can be commended to all.
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