I met Odi Sium at last week's Fourth District dinner and fundraiser. He's a charming, personable guy, a natural politician.
The Strib notes Sium's candidacy for the Fourth Congressional District seat in about the most perfunctory article possible, today.
"I don't know if many people who are born here in Minnesota can appreciate how really unique this place we call America really is,'' Sium said in a campaign kickoff speech in St. Paul.Sium, as First Ringer noted in a piece last week, trails Betty McCollum in the fundraising department by about $170K. It's going to be a very uphill fight.Sium said he backs limited government, more power for the states and improvements in public schools. He also emphasized his support for the U.S. military.
Still, if Sium manages to mount a remotely serious challenge, watch for exactly the syndrome I talked about yesterday; the campaign will turn racist faster than Mike Hatch diving on a private business. Let's keep an eye peeled, shall we?
Did I say the article was perfunctory?
Eritrea became an independent country in 1993, splitting from Ethiopia after a 30-year guerrilla war, but the border between the two countries is still disputed.Think the Strib puts World Almanac filler into pieces on Betty McCollum?
UPDATE: His campaign website. It includes a handy e-donation link. If you can spare a buck or two, it'd help a lot.
Posted by Mitch at November 22, 2005 06:40 AM | TrackBack
Mitch:
Posted by: Kermit at November 22, 2005 08:02 AMI know Natural Politician insn't an oxymoron, but there's just something wrong with using the two words in conjunction.
Mailing address or URL for his campaign website? Then we can send him a contribution!
Posted by: Alfred Fingulin at November 22, 2005 08:46 AMObi's website is:
www.siumforcongress.com
Posted by: Just Me at November 22, 2005 10:22 AMMitch, you need to fix the link to his website.
Me, I'm all for tilting at windmills and all that. I'd love to see him make a real contest out of the race.
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