Lori Swanson set to run for MN Governor, with Rick Nolan as running mate.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

WALZ WALZ WALZ.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Lori Swanson is really pissing me off.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

She wasn't endorsed by the NRA in 2014 but by some other gun rights group.

http://www.startribune.com/gun-owners-pac-goes-for-dfl-ag-swanson-anyone-but-dayton-for-governor/270025961/

Walz needs to use this to gain the upper hand.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Swanson actually defeated a congressman in 2006 in the DFL primary for Attorney General, funny how history repeats itself.

I think many of the criticisms about Swanson joining in the race are very gendered. She owes nothing to Walz, who didn’t even win the party’s endorsement, and she has every right to join the race. Walz was going to run for Governor regardless of whether Swanson entered the race a year ago or last month, so it really doesn’t matter anyway.

Swanson is the stronger candidate anyway, she performed the best out of all the statewide DFL candidates in 2010 & 2014, while Walz almost lost to a badly-funded, unknown challenger in 2016, even as Collin Peterson easily won re-election in a much redder district right next door.

Please stop it, I have no problems with Erin Murphy and Tim Walz's running mate is a woman. Swanson is just pissing me off since now if Walz's seat flips his retirement will be in vain, and I am pretty sure she convinced Rick Nolan to drop his reelection bid as well, so those things really p!ss me off.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Lori Swanson is a massive HP for jumping in the race at the last minute and scrambling the race, even though a Democrat will probably win it regardless. But Mark Begich is an amazing FF for jumping in the race last minute and scrambling the race, even though him doing so raises the chance of a Republican win drastically.

Hey, I hate Begich too.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I used to like Swanson, now I really dislike her.