Draft Ciresi!: We're Back

Mike Ciresi was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a middle class family. His father, who never received a college education, spoke broken English. Mike was in the seventh grade when his mother died from breast cancer. Even in the face of adversity, Mike took is upon himself to achieve an education. He worked as a janitor in order to pay his way through law school.

Eventually, through hard work, determination, and perseverance, Mike became what he is today, a prominent and successful attorney. Mike used his legal skills to take on the entrenched special interests.

Representing the State of Minnesota, Mike took on the tobacco industry and won when all others believed they could not be beaten. The tobacco suit won the State of Minnesota more than 6 billion dollars and up to 200 million dollars a year as long as cigarettes are sold to Minnesotans.

When a chemical spill killed thousands in Bhopal, India, Mike represented the Government of India. The Bhopal disaster suit was a massive victory for India, and forced chemical companies to fundamentally change their ways.

When the pharmaceutical industry was selling faulty birth control products to women, Mike took them on and made the companies change their products.

In these, and countless other cases, Mike Ciresi has put himself on the line for the common good—even when no one else would. He has gone face to face with the most powerful special interests, and not once blinked. As one of the leaders of the the law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Mike knows what it means to employ hundreds of employees, provide health and workers' compensation insurance, and run a business. Throughout his career, Mike has represented only one special interest, that of Minnesotans.

After years of success in the courtroom, Mike began to quietly pursue his philanthropic goals for the community. He serves on countless community boards and donates generously to good causes. He has does this all quietly, without praise or mention.

Mike has a wealth of experience that would make him a uniquely effective Senator. He will work across party lines to get things for Minnesotans and the country. Mike has proven that he is not afraid of a fight. No matter how much influence special interests have over Washington, they will not influence Mike Ciresi.

If our actions are any indication about our character and strength, then Mike Ciresi is proven. In an election against Norm Coleman, Mike will keep the focus of the debate on the issues that matter—this is a debate Mike Ciresi will win.

A lifelong Minnesotan, Mike knows what the middle class is facing, because he has faced it also. Send him to Washington and he will represent the interests of Minnesotans on a higher level.

When are we going to act?

So "Porn-O-Rama" is bad enough, but the real question is what is the other shoe and when will it drop? And, for that matter, how many shoes are in Al Franken's closet?

I say this because we know that Michael Brodkorb and the Republican Party of Minnesota both have a ton more dirt on Franken, but are biding their time, waiting for it to be too late for Mike or any other viable candidate to get back into the race. So its going to be up to the DFL base to get this dirt out NOW! This will allow for DFL voters to pick a candidate who can beat Norm in the fall.

They will save their most damning dirt for the weeks right before the general election and it will be beyond ugly.

So I'm asking you to post in the comments any leads you have on dirt on Al Franken. We need to get this out now, so we can put another candidate forward and beat Senator Norm Coleman.

Some will say that this is hurting Franken and the DFL. Maybe it will hurt his feelings that DFLers are the source of this info, but it will help us beat Coleman in the fall and put the best person in his seat. So post below!

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Monday, July 7, 2008

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