This is a brief diary, but still carries a powerful message: The old consultant mindset is still going strong.
Last night, I went to the San Francisco fundraiser for Governor Brian Schweitzer. Having just arrived from work, I was plenty hungry and congregated at one the obligatory tables when I met a political consultant who just moved from the Midwest. Having come from the same general third of the country, we started talking about politics in and around the prairie states, when the topic turned to Kansas and Newly-elected Congresswoman Nancy Boyda. "I think she'll hang on", I said, "Because I heard she's done a great job so far working the district". "Yeah" answered the consultant, "she's raised a lot of money there".
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