A weekend story in the New York Times raised an intriguing question: What do we want from our politicians exactly?
Whatever it is, it’s certainly not reflected in the political campaign ads, which apparently work.
Most of the incumbents in office will be re-elected next month.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins