Fantastic Dayton (DFL - MN) speech on MPR now

Catch the replay tonight if you miss.

Slams Coleman and shreds Bush*, the great squanderer. Great president of a frat, not of a country.

I won't hold it when he attacts me.

I called on the US to exit Iraq in months, not years....

I outlined a way for exit from Iraq successfully...

We complete our mission successfully by giving Iraqi's back their country...

Norm Coleman said, that's why we leave fighting wars to Generals, not politicians.

Norm Coleman's comments are why politicians should know what they are talkign about before they open their mouths.

Gang, this is great stuff.

If we had listened to the Generals before the war, we sure as hell wouldn't be there now!

I do.

You won't do it with stupid slogans and macho posturing.

As long as I am a State Senator I will not play politics with national security.

The Jr senator of MN and leader of the Republican Party better know where I stand on issues before he criticizes me, because I DO know where I stand.

Its easy to say Bring em on while you are sitting in Crawford TX - Its not like saying bring em on in a Frat Bar.

Why not say, Bring em Home! Bring em Home! Bring em Home!


THIS IS A GREAT SPEECH.

Mighty Mark Dayton vs. The Teeth From Brooklyn: It's Clobberin' Time!

next to Wellstone, but Dayton is really worthy of praise.

I'll try to catch the speech soon. It sounds like a great one, and I'm darn sorry I missed it!

he is great in his own ways.

NS Summed it up very well.

I heard the clips on MPR this morning and nearly spit out my coffee because I wanted to yell out "damn straight!" to everything Senator Dayton had to say.
I've always felt that Dayton was a great man who was hampered by a shy personality and herky-jerky speaking style. Those impediments are now long gone. I wish I could've been there to hear the speech live - what a barn burner!

go Dayton go!

Dayton and Coleman: No more Minnesota nice

The cordial relationship between Minnesota's two U.S. senators has disappeared. DFL Sen. Mark Dayton used a speech at the state DFL convention on Saturday to sharply criticize Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. That's after Coleman was critical of Dayton's position on U.S. involvement in the Iraq war.

Dayton called Coleman an apologist for failed Bush administration policies, and he accused Coleman of spending too much time raising campaign money for Republicans around the country at the expense of representing Minnesotans in the Senate.
Duluth, Minn. — Dayton took the podium at the DFL convention immediately following a fiery speech by Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who is frequently mentioned as a possible running mate for John Kerry.
Dayton set out first criticizing President Bush for his handling of the war against Iraq and the economy. Then, departing from the usual unwritten rules of Senate courtesy, Dayton went after Sen. Coleman, a Republican, publicly criticizing him for the first time.
"Up until now I've held my tongue about Norm Coleman, because we have to work together for the people of Minnesota," Dayton said. "But I won't hold my tongue when he attacks me."
Dayton was outraged over a statement Coleman gave the Star Tribune newspaper, following Dayton's call on the Senate floor Friday for beginning to phase U.S. troops out of Iraq in the coming months -- not years. The newspaper quotes Coleman as saying Dayton's plan for troop withdrawal is "a good example of why we leave fighting wars to generals, not politicians."
Dayton is on the Senate Armed Services Committee and he's traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dayton suggested it's Coleman's who's less informed.

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http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/22_zdechlikm_daytonreax/