KW: This is a great, hands-on story about the nuances of party politics, and why the strategies, characters, and motivations often turn things topsy turvy. Note that in Minnesota, the local Democratic Party is the “Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party” or DFL. From the blog Tom Stream (and sent as an e-mail announcement): Subject: I hereby resign from […]
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