The Dirt On Mike Ciresi

We recently stumbled upon a research briefing on Mike Ciresi compiled by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The briefing is titled "The Facts About Mike Ciresi." Included is a series of supposedly bad things from Ciresi's past. We encourage everyone to read through the information the MN GOP has on Ciresi.

Click here to read the document.

You will notice that it's pretty weak stuff. They seem to imply that because Ciresi wants to get things done, it makes him wrong for the Senate. Then they say that because Ciresi's not a Washington insider or an active DFLer, that he's not competent to be a Senator.

They supply a few quotes that are weakly supported and not very damaging in any depiction. Then they falsely paint Ciresi as a sexist because he used the word "cutesy" in a debate with a woman. It just doesn't seem as damaging as jokes about rape.

Of course, they try to paint Ciresi, who is a lifelong hunter, as a wacky liberal. "If being liberal is saying I want to look at the condition of the country and [find] things we can do to give people the tools to achieve their potential, and are willing to say government can be a catalyst, not to finance everything, but to be a catalyst, then, yeah, I'm a liberal." "I'm not ashamed of that. . . . While I'm not attuned to labels, I'm not going to run away from them either," said Ciresi.

In summary, this and any other material collected by the Republicans to damage Ciresi are and will be pathetic and meager attempts. They could never distract the election from the issues. In an election between Mike Ciresi and Norm Coleman, the focus will be on Coleman. That is an election Democrats will win.