- For all the talk about national political races (i.e. President and Congress), I will be paying rapt attention to the battle for the Minnesota House. With the DFL holding a 70-64 majority, the GOP has to gain a net four seats to wrest control. Unless the GOP pulls off a minor miracle and wins in the Senate District 45 special election, the House would be the only backstop against two more legislative sessions of unshackled Democrat control. And if Kamala Harris wins the presidency? Gov. Tim Walz goes to D.C. as Veep, leaving us with a.....{gulp}....a Gov. Peggy Flanagan. That alone should incentivize Minnesota voters to opt for divided government.
So do the MN Republicans have what it takes to pull this off? I have no idea, but I do get a sense that the DFL believes their House majority is in peril given their pet issue in key swing districts is abortion, abortion, abortion......an issue which was settled even before the DFL's extreme law passed in 2023.
I'll definitely have my obligatory election predictions come early November.
- Imagine reading these two statements just a year ago:
The NFC North is now the first division since realignment in 2002 with all four teams each having at least four wins through six weeks.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 14, 2024
NFL team leaders in point differential:
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 14, 2024
◽️ Vikings (+63)
◽️ Lions (+60)
◽️ Bears (+47)
◽️ Packers (+41)
Every team in the NFC North has a better point differential than the rest of the NFL 🤯 pic.twitter.com/2nbmrvliNj
And this Sunday my Vikings host the Detroit Lions in what is legitimately the marquee matchup for week 7.
I've been a Vikings fan for almost 50 years, so I've seen literally dozens of contests between these North (and up until 2002 - NFC Central) rivals. I'm confident in saying this is the first time in a half century where both teams are simultaneously legit contenders for the NFC crown.
Game on!
- As a fan of actress Lea Thompson (specifically her stellar role as Marty McFly's mom in the Back to the Future trilogy), this particular tweet she posted was horribly disappointing but, given the industry she's a part of, not surprising.
Please please white women. Don’t do this again. Remember our grandmothers couldn’t vote. We couldn’t own land. Get a credit card. Birth control. We have already lost rights. It will not stop. #VoteBlue2024ProtectWomensRights https://t.co/PpIM0rZS6F
— Lea Thompson (@LeaKThompson) October 13, 2024
This is in response to a report on how Dem POTUS candidate Kamala Harris is not polling nearly as well with white women as her predecessors.
Let's be honest: leftists like Ms. Thompson do not believe even a shred of the hyperbole they spew about "losing rights." Heck, I'd suggest that Lea is so full of it that she wouldn't even bet her Howard the Duck residuals that women would "lose rights" in a second Trump term.
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