Missed connections: OAH rules against Entenza, bulk mail attack on Otto delivered next day
via Bluestem Prairie
http://nblo.gs/YKxHl
On Thursday, three administrative law judges rejected Matt Entenza's complaint about Rebecca Otto's personal Facebook page reaction his attempts to repackaged a decade-old vote as an analogy to the 2012 voter ID amendment.
The story made news across the state; Bluestem looked at the issue in The spectacle of cramped reading; or, the Say Anything edition of the DFL state auditor primary.
Even as news of the Otto vindication flashed across the state, the machinery of bulk rate mail was grinding in the background. Many Minnesotans discovered anti-Otto hit piece in their mailboxes yesterday chastizing her for the old vote:
Missing from the picture? Her support of the 2012 campaign to defeat the amendment--or an explanation of what Matt Entenza himself did to defeat the amendment. Browzing through Nexis All News, Bluestem find no mention of Matt Entenza working against the amendment, nor do we find any itemized contribution from Entenza or his former wife, Lois Quam, to the Our Vote, Our Future committee, the main vehicle for those working to defeat the amendment.
However, perhaps it is unfair to hold Entenza to a standard that many DFL electeds couldn't meet since until relatively late in the game--around September--the "smart" people in Minnesota politics thought the amendment's passage was a forgone conclusion, however many DFL legislators voted against putting the measure on the ballot.
Friends who worked on the campaign still reflect how difficult it was to get the usual suspects to contribute to the campaign until fall.
Much more at link. The Twitter responses are great!
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