| Dems make group campaign stop |
By: Corey Butler Jr.
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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:10 am
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken speaks during a rally held at JavaLive on Thursday afternoon. (Jackson Forderer/Daily News)
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FARIBAULT — The Democrats descended on Faribault Thursday.
Several DFL candidates and current elected officials made a swing through the city to push political platforms as part of their message of “For the middle class, for a change.”
U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken was joined by DFLers Tim Walz, Steve Sarvi, Rick Nolan, Patti Fritz, David Bly and Tarryl Clark for a one-hour stop at JavaLive in downtown Faribault .
Faribault was the third stop of the day for Franken and his colleagues, who spent time earlier Thursday in Rochester and Owatonna. Following the time in Faribault, the group went to Minnesota State University—Mankato, leading up to an event later in the night with Franken and former President Bill Clinton stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Nolan, Fritz, Walz, Sarvi and Franken took turns speaking to a full house of supporters wearing T-shirts, hats and stickers, and who were holding up signs in support of their candidates. Each candidate said there was a dire need for those in attendance to get involved for the final five days of the campaign season.
Walz told supporters the political system isn’t broken but rather the right people need to be in place who are open and willing to work with one another to achieve a better nation.
“The strength of this nation is its differences in opinions,” he said. “Your neighbor who has a different sign from the one you like in their yard doesn’t mean they don’t care about this country every bit as much as you. It means they may have a different approach to it.”
— Staff writer Corey Butler Jr. may be reached at 333-3135. |
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