Speed Gibson

Remember the early days of Monday Night Football, with Howard Cosell? Legend has it that a bar in Denver, whose Broncos allegedly got no respect during Cosell's halftime highlights, auctioned off a brick each game. The winner got to throw that brick at an old black and white TV at Howard's face.

Luckily, I had no brick handy when I saw a clip of House Speaker Margaret Anderson-Kelliher on Almanac from last Wednesday's debate among the candidates for Governor:

"Well you know, I've been actually praised as the adult in the room, the calm within the storm, the ability to bring people together, attack the problem and not each other. And when you look at the track record of three years as Speaker, we've actually been able to get a lot done that's been sitting there for a very long time. Has it been everything? I had to clean up after eight years of Republicans in the Minnesota House, and President Bush, and I have to work with Tim Pawlenty from time to time."

She's the adult? She sure as hell doesn't talk like an adult, either now or before. And after saying she attacks problems not people, a sentence later she in effect attacks half the state of Minnesota.

You Democrats had better remember Kelliher's shaky first year as Speaker, then picture her again in over her head on a statewide campaign trail. You have more experienced, more competent, and above all, more adult candidates to pick from.