and incumbent Dem president.

Not as liberal as I'd like, but neither is his district (where I live).

But this is nuts. Even if it didn't mean running against an incumbent Democratic president, I just don't see where he's got the cred for a presidential run. Ego is a terrible thing.

expressed his opinion that Biden should not run.

First, he should have waited after the elections. But even then, I wondered, when did he have in mind. Himself? He is barely known in Minnesota how is he going to build a resume? In six months?

I like Dean, too, but why is he running against an incumbent?

While Congress’s high profile “show horses” are interviewed every night in the news, I’m a “work horse” in DC, focused on working for YOU! While folks are constantly trying to divide us into red and blue teams, I’m working to find our common ground to solve problems and move Minnesota and our country forward.

Can I count on you to chip in to our campaign to show that we say NO to the politics of division and YES to finding common ground?

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This was the first. There was a second just the usual updates including his volunteering at Secondhand Hounds and adopting a pup.

I just figured it for the typical fundraising letter - now I wonder too.

I wonder if he really thinks he can deal with the likes of McConnell, McCarthy, etal by finding common ground. If so, this delusion is more serious that it first appears.

Link to tweet