True North

I'm certain that Tarryl Clark's fundraising letter will raise alot of money. That said, Tarryl said something that just can't be left unaddressed:

It's time for a Congresswoman who will actually do the job and whose first and only priority is to fight for the people of Minnesota, not the conservative power-players of Palm Beach.

Tarryl Clark will always put us first. Just as she has in the State Senate, Tarryl Clark will go to work every day to fight for the people of her district, not promote her own personal agenda or build her national celebrity.

Tarryl doesn't put her constituents first. There's a reason why she didn't win her first election until Dave Kleis resigned his seat after getting elected mayor of St. Cloud. Tarryl's occupation prior to being a state senator was as a lobbyist. Lobbyists are used to working for clients but they certainly don't put people's needs ahead of their clients.

Next, let's look at who's supporting her candidacy. Tarryl's three biggest supporters are, in order, (1) UNIONS, (2) UNIONS and (3) UNIONS. Coincidentally, unions are interested in passing EFCA, which would eliminate the rights of workers to a private ballot on whether to unionize.

It isn't likely that Tarryl would vote with her constituents if she had the opportunity to please her union supporters. Personally, I'd put the odds of Tarryl voting with her constituents on EFCA at considerably south of slim.

Next, Tarryl has been a consistent, though quiet, supporter of single-payer health care. There isn't a snowball's prayer in hell that Tarryl would've voted against the Pelosicare bill had she been elected in 2008. That despite the fact that CD-6 overwhelmingly opposed single-payer health care.

Another thing that Tarryl hates are tax cuts. In fact, Tarryl has supported the biggest tax increases in Minnesota history. I'll guarantee that the small businesses in CD-6 vehemently oppose tax increases, especially the type that small businesses pay the bulk of. Not coincidentally, those are the kinds of tax increases that Tarryl's consistently voted for.

In summation, Tarryl supports union initiatives that her constituents don't agree with. Tarryl supports health care tax inccreases that her constituents overwhelmingly don't agree with. Tarryl has consistently voted for the biggest small business tax increases in state history, another thing that CD-6 voters don't support.

In other words, Tarryl doesn't support anything that her would-be CD-6 constituents supports.

The bottom line is that Tarryl's about to find out her priorities aren't the priorities that most CD-6 voters support. Though it's likely that Tarryl will raise alot of money, it won't surprise anyone if she loses by 5-8 points in November, 2010.

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