Now You Sium...

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 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.

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.

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