Is Dean Johnson In Trouble?

I've been saying for awhile that Dean Johnson's ethics scandal was going to be his undoing. I still firmly believe that, though the Strib does its best to hide that in their reporting.
DFL Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson faces an unusual primary challenge from an opponent backed by foes of abortion and same-sex marriage who have mounted an aggressive door-to-door campaign. Johnson faces Michael Cruze, a retired state trooper who has been considered a long shot. But some voters speculate that Cruze could pick up considerable support from Republicans crossing over to the DFL primary to vote for him.

"I'm encouraging it," Cruze said Saturday. "I need all the help I can get." And he's getting it from Laura Gese, a lobbyist for the abortion-opposition group Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life. Gese recently organized Truth-PAC, which has helped put together a leafleting campaign at homes in the west-central Senate District 13. She said the PAC has spent about $1,000 so far. A Cruze loss on Tuesday would set up a November contest between Johnson and Joe Gimse, a Republican whom many regard as a more formidable opponent. Cruze is carrying the messages of MCCL and Gese that Johnson prevented a Senate vote on proposals to restrict abortion and pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. They have reminded voters that Johnson admitted "sanding off the truth" when he told clergy that Supreme Court justices had assured him that a statute banning same-sex marriage wouldn't be overturned.

I strongly suspect that Johnson's "sanding off the truth" quote will be used repeatedly in the general election as a reminder to voters that Dean Johnson no longer represents conservative rural Minnesota voters but is 'flexible' in his beliefs. I suspect that that will be his undoing this November.

It's worth pointing out the Strib's hinting that Michael Cruze's targeting of Republicans was somehow wrong. Cruze turned that question aside by saying that he was "encouraging it." Notice, too, the Strib's characterization that "Cruze is carrying the messages of MCCL and Gese that Johnson prevented a Senate vote on proposals to restrict abortion and pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage." That's their way of saying that they disapprove of candidates taking that stand on those issues.


Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 5:37 PM

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