[Speed Gibson,
Friday June 15, 2007 at 9:00am]
The Loyal Opposition Responds
I spent some time fisking Speaker Kelliher's Op-Ed review of the 2007 session. Now, House Minority Leader Marty Siefert responds with his own assessment. It's hard to know whether either article was truly written by its author, but before discussing content, I must say that the Siefert piece is extraordinarily well written. That and his much better grasp of the facts gives an easy win to Siefert.
It calm, almost dispassionate, and exactly on point. Notice that there is no sly hinting of secret, broken agreements. Siefert's criticism of the DFL is direct and substantiated, which is to say, constructive. The new "moderate" DFL class should consider his words carefully and reconsider whether the caucus leaders they helped choose are the right ones for the 2008 session.
It calm, almost dispassionate, and exactly on point. Notice that there is no sly hinting of secret, broken agreements. Siefert's criticism of the DFL is direct and substantiated, which is to say, constructive. The new "moderate" DFL class should consider his words carefully and reconsider whether the caucus leaders they helped choose are the right ones for the 2008 session.