Mike Jacobs, the editor of the Grand Forks Herald, had a column in the February 20th Herald Sunday paper about the possibility of Hoeven challenging Conrad in 2006. Lip service is given to the positives in favor of John Hoeven, but being a liberal Democrat like nearly all of the writers for the North Dakota daily newspapers, a good 80% of the article pours cold water on the governor’s prospects. One is left with the idea that Mike is writing personally to Hoeven with the hope of dissuading him from running for the Senate in 2006. ... I get the idea that Jacobs, Conrad, and the Democrats fear a Hoeven race. ... Jacobs articles serves mostly as an outline of what Conrad and his media friends in North Dakota will do to attack Hoeven in a campaign. Fortress Conrad sure looks to be vulnerable. Let’s bring it on and have a good old fashioned real race for the US Senate for a change.
Via Taking Back North Dakota. Is the North Dakota blogosphere coming to life?
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