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SomeGuyInEagan

(1,515 posts) Mon May 11, 2015, 12:23 PM May 2015

MPR: "Dying breed? 'Blue Dog' Peterson fired up to run" [View all]

"Lots of rural Democrats walked the Capitol halls when U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson arrived in 1991. Like Peterson, many proudly counted themselves as pro-farm conservatives.

Most are gone now, beaten or retired during the past 20 years as the nation's politics became fractured along party lines. Peterson acknowledges he's one of the last of his breed. But he says he's not going anywhere."

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http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/05/11/peterson-run

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MPR: "Dying breed? 'Blue Dog' Peterson fired up to run" [View all] SomeGuyInEagan May 2015 OP

Can't stand that guy. He might as well go over to the GOP side The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #1

That's the way I have seen it, too. SomeGuyInEagan May 2015 #2

Last of a dying breed my ass. We have one running for president and we all know who that one is progree May 2015 #3

Old Collin loves his digs in D.C. and all them perks. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #4

ya like his connections to Monsanto, Koch Bros. etc. that keep him afloat. glinda May 2015 #5

Heard the same stories. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #6

Colin voted in the House 5/13 for a 20 week limit on abortion progree May 2015 #7

Collin has always worked the Wellstone ruled May 2015 #8

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