Several letter writers to today's Star Tribune castigated suppporters of Hutchinson and Binkowski for the losses of Hatch and Wetterling to Pawlenty and Bachmann. That is, people who voted for the Independence Party candidates caused the losses of the Democratic candidates to Republican candidates.
Maybe if the Democratic voters had voted for the more moderate Independence candidates, then the Independence candidates would have won.
Maybe if the Democratic candidates had given a message that appealed to more voters they would have won.
Maybe if the people who stayed away had showed up the Democrats might have won. In fact, the Independence Party candidates had fewer votes than there were no shows.
