Bush Loyalist Kennedy Plays Down Ties in Fight for Senate Seat

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A reporter recently observed to Representative Mark Kennedy, the Republican candidate for a Minnesota Senate seat, that his St. Paul headquarters had housed George W. Bush's 2004 campaign. ``Oh, you're not going to use that to tie me to Bush, are you?'' Kennedy said.

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In Washington, he has been a reliable White House ally. Reports on voting records compiled by Congressional Quarterly show that Kennedy voted with Bush at least 92 percent of the time every year from 2001 to 2005.

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While Kennedy trumpets a 13-point plan for helping Minnesota, his record in Washington has proven a tough sell in a year where Republicans everywhere are on the defensive. An Aug. 1 Rasmussen Reports poll of 500 voters showed Klobuchar, 46, leading by a dozen points; a Minneapolis Star-Tribune survey taken a few days earlier put the margin at 19 points.

``There is a groundswell of anger out there, and if you have an `R' after your name, you're in trouble,'' said Jennifer Duffy, an analyst for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report in Washington. ``Your trouble gets worse the closer you are to the president.''

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1. ``Oh, you're not going to use that to tie me to Bush, are you?''

Kennedy said.

:rofl:

best stupid repuke comment ever.

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2. alls fair in love and campaigns

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3. i know, huh? i mean it's not like it isn't

hanging out there for EVERYONE to look at?

so why hang it out there if you don't want to talk about it?

it's hysterical.