Minnesota Leaders Endorse Clinton (40)

[Alamom]

6/29/2007
Minnesota Leaders Endorse Clinton
Hillary Clinton received the endorsements of more than 40 leading Minnesota officials and community leaders today.

Leading Minnesotans Endorsing Hillary Today:



Mark Dayton, Former US Senator
Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney
Sandy Pappas, State Senator
Nora Slawik, State Representative
Sandra Peterson, State Representative
Barbara Johnson, President, Minneapolis City Council
Gary Schiff, Minneapolis City Council Member
Lisa Goodman, Minneapolis City Council Member
Dave Thune, St. Paul City Council Member, and Susan Thune, RN
Colleen Landkamer, President, National Association of Counties; Blue Earth County Commissioner
Ann Wynia, Former House Majority Leader
Matt Entenza, Former House Democratic Leader
Ember Reichgott Junge, Former Senate Assistant Majority Leader
Joan Anderson Growe, Former Minnesota Secretary of State
Emily Anne Staples Tuttle, Former State Senator
Carol Flynn, Former State Senator
Gordon O. Voss, Former State Representative
Al Patton, Former State Representative
Koryne Horbal, Former Ambassador to U.N.
Betty Folliard, Co-owner Strategy Partners; Former MN State Representative
Tom Foley, Former Ramsey and Washington County Attorney
Joan Niemiec, Former Minneapolis City Council Member
Vance Opperman, President, Key Investments
Lois Quam, Business Leader
Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Mohamed Jibrell, Somali Community Leader
Hubert "Buck" Humphrey
Jackie Stevenson, DNC Member
Rick Stafford, DNC Member, Chair of the DNC's LGBT Caucus
Elsa Leven, MN DFL Latino Caucus
Mari Urness Pokornowski, Co-Chair DFL State Platform Commission
Lynn Wilson, Chair, Olmsted County DFL
Tammy Tesky, Vice President, DFL Feminist Caucus
Megan Thomas, Former Chair, Stonewall DFL
Cheryl Poling, DFL Party Activist
Ruth Usem, Community Activist
M. Kathleen Murphy, Women's Rights Activist
Bill Pohlad, Film Producer & Michelle Grabanski Pohlad, Social Activist
Susan Burns, Attorney
Paul Cassidy, Minneapolis
Jill Sletten, Public Policy Consultant
Andrew Luger, Attorney; Former Candidate, Hennepin County Attorney and Ellen Goldberg Luger
Sarah Youngerman, Minneapolis
Rebecca Yanisch, Former MN Commissioner of Trade and Economic Development
Lori L. Jacobwith, Consultant

[ORDagnabbit]

1. corporatists for the corporatist. Listen to Mike Gravel!

[ronnykmarshall]

2. and you know each one of these people personally?

[dflprincess]

8. Let's see, we have

Lois Quam, Business Leader - she's a wheel at United Health Group

Matt Entenza, Former House Democratic Leader - failed candidate for state attorney general. He had to drop out of the race after it came out that he had set a private investagator after Mike Hatch, who was Attorney General (and a major thorn in the side of health insurance companies) who was the DFL's candidate for governor. Also married to Lois Quam (did I mention she's a wheel at UHG?).

Ember Reichgott Junge, Former Senate Assistant Majority Leader - also the former chair of Liebermann's Minnesota campaign in 2004. In 2006 she ran in the DFL primary for the 5th District Congressional seat. She was challenging the endorsed candidate, Keith Ellison and she appeared to be very well funded.

Hubert "Buck" Humphrey - Hubert III's grandson. Major party establishment folks.

Bill Pohlad, Film Producer & Michelle Grabanski Pohlad, Social Activist - father owns the Minnesota Twins and just strong armed the taxpayers into paying for a new stadium. Since the stadium deal the Pohlad family has coughed up several million to buy J.B. Hudson Jewelers and I believe I heard they just made another large purchase.

I also recognize the names of several others who, I fear, would vote for any woman who was running for president.

[zulchzulu]

12. Thanks for some insider analysis

There were a lot of "former" so-and-so's on the list...I don't feel like counting...

Congratulations Clinton Team!

[SaveElmer]

7. I feel safe in saying....

Mike Gravel is an idiot...

[ORDagnabbit]

9. and I feel safe in saying that Hillary is a warmongering corporate tool.

[catgirl]

3. Thank you Martin Sabo for NOT being on this list

These 40 people are not all "leaders". An activist(s), a lawyer,
a consultant?

[SaveElmer]

4. A United States Senator, former Secretary of State (state level)...

Are you from Minnesota?

President of the Minneapolis City Council?

Not leaders?

[catgirl]

11. The title of 40 leaders is misleading

And I did recently live in Minnesota for the past 3 years. Does
that mean I qualify to comment? What a typical passive aggressive
Minnesotan question.

[bluestateguy]

5. Well we now know who the establishment candidate is, nt.

.

[aquart]

6. "Establishment": You mean anyone who has functioned in this democracy?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Figures, it would be mostly the same old DFL party hacks.

[Hippo_Tron]

13. Obama's got Keith Ellison who is, IMO, more relevant than any of those people

If Clinton could get Amy Klobuchar, I'd be impressed.

[dflprincess]

14. Really, does what politician endorses someone really matter?

It rarely does to me though I'll admit that Wellstone's opinion was one I took into consideration when he endorsed someone. But currently I can't think of any elected official's opinion that would influence me.

[Hart2008]

15. Did Walter Mondale endorse Hillary?

I see sooooo many similarities between Mondale in '84 and Hillary now.
:boring: