doodledee

This letter from the Strib on Sunday was great:

Good grief! Gov. Jesse Ventura might have been golfing on Sept. 10 -- a day when the vast majority didn't bother to vote in the primary? Shocking news.
It's clear that the Star Tribune has never liked Ventura. But he's only governor for a few more weeks. Can you get over it already?
How about checking into the personal lives and primary voting records of candidates for governor and U.S. Senate? That would be slightly more useful news to voters.

I guess I don't have much more to add. It's a good point.
I also see that Pawlenty got zinged - to the tune of $600k - in the gubernatorialcommercialgate scandal. This means that down the home stretch, Pawlenty will be in the same frugal spending mode that Moe is apparently already in.
This all suddenly turns Tim Penny into Candidate War Chest. Naturally, I have some advice. First, drop any thoughts of ratcheting-up a massive media blitz. Sure, you could outspend the competition, but what fun is that? Instead, why not take the money you've saved and buy everyone in the state a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
Sure it's illegal, but Pawlenty already cheated. And I like doughnuts.
Come on, Tim, lets make this happen!