Or "Shameless self-plug". I haven't cross-posted much here in the past couple of months, but when doing an interview via IM with such a high-profile congressional candidate, I wanted to clue the entire community in. I've been covering Minnesota campaigns since last summer, but have just recently started interviewing candidates - a couple weeks ago I spoke with Shelley Madore, who's running for a seat in the closely-divided State House, earlier this week I talked with Mark Ritchie, who's running for Secretary of State and retains some celebrity for his role in the November 2 Campaign. Now: Tim Walz, DailyKos-profiled Fighting Dem and candidate for Congress in MN-01.
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Excerpts in the extended body:
Without going too negative against Mr. Gutknecht, what do you see as the major difference between your experiences?
T. Walz: My opponent has spent his entire adult life in office. While I have been experiencing the effects of legislation like No Child Left Behind, my opponent has been deaf to any suggestions to make our schools, military, communities better. I have lived with the legislation that this Congress has passed and know what we can do to correct it.
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How is your campaign actively engaging the netroots to help you succeed, and do you feel that the recent attention paid to your campaign (and those of other veteran Dems) in the national blogosphere has been helpful so far?
T. Walz: We are not actively seeking out the netroots - they are actively seeking us out. I believe that the netroots, like the grassroots, are committed citizens who want to make a positive difference in our country. Anything that engages citizens in public life is absolutely positive. Thanks for what you're doing.
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