@ondma any thoughts on this guy, being from MN?
Also seems like Dems appointed someone from their activist ranks as Vice Chair (Davis Hogg)...cool, any experience winning elections? No? Then he should fit right in.
The DNC’s chair election marks a first step for a party looking to fill a void of leadership after the 2024 election.
www.nbcnews.com
Not sure what connection Hogg has to MN, if I am understanding you correctly. I have heard him speak, I think it was on the View or something. He speaks well and intelligently, and seems knowledgeable. He will have to broaden his appeal to more than just an anti-gun activist if he is to be successful in national politics. The right wing is already starting to attack him, so they must think he is some sort of threat.
Edit: Sorry, you must be talking about Ken Martin. To be honest, I have not heard of him before. Although, it offends a lot of people on this forum, the Dem party in Minnesota has gone too far left for my taste, but specifically I do not know Martin's personal views. We are one of the highest taxed states in the nation, and the Dem trifecta blew a 17B surplus and increased the state budget ~40% in one session last year. Unsurprisingly, (who would have though it when you increased the budget 40%), we are projecting a possible deficit within a year or two.
Right now though, state politics is a s**t show. Since the Dems no longer have a trifecta, they want to take their football and go home. There is conflict over some seats in the MN House, so the Dems will not show up for work in order to prevent a Quorum being present. Thus the Reps are powerless to pass any legislation or elect a speaker. (Because of the disputed seats the Dems dont have a Quorum either.) The Reps are no better, trying to block the Dems from obtaining a disputed seat, and going to court to try to change the rules of what constitutes a qorum. Right now, I wish we could recall all house legislators of both parties, kick them out, and elect an entirely new legislature, with incumbents not eligible.