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OK - The 2012 GOP Convention is over. Let's assess.
The presumed Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, of the GOP has a token few delegates from Minnesota going to the national convention.
Tim Pawlenty was not visible.
Michele Bachmann was not elected as a delegate but will be able to go because a Ron Paul delegate relinquished his spot to her. She also did not attend the convention because of "extra Congressional work".
Pat Anderson is out as National Committee Chairwoman in favor of Janet Beihoffer. (Can't remember a RNC . . .
Rep. Kurt Bills is the Minnesota GOP nominee for US Senate against Amy Klobuchar.
Once you get past that statement, we don't talk about the Senate race itself, because there is little chance that Kurt Bills will defeat Senator Klobuchar.
No, the topic becomes how will Kurt Bills affect the rest of the GOP ticket.
The MN GOP is going to have limited resources and let's face it, Kurt Bills is not going to attract much donor money outside of the Ron Paul network.
