That Liberal Media

Today's Star Tribune article It's official: McLaughlin's in Minneapolis mayoral race is pretty standard political fare: a blurb from the candidate's speech, some background info, a chance for the opponet to respond.

But why is the only other person quoted Taxpayers League president/conservative bombthrower David Strom?

David Strom, president of the conservative Taxpayers League, said that while he likes McLaughlin, the commissioner's eyes glaze over when discussing numbers and budgets. "If he gets to be mayor, he may talk about neighborhoods, but you're going to see big projects. That seems to be his model."

He also said that if the NRP needs anything, it's accountability. "My impression of the NRP is it's making sure whoever the neighborhood activist is gets his chunk of change," Strom said.

He finds the notion of a McLaughlin-Rybak match interesting. "He's a guy who's never seen a spending project he doesn't like and a city that doesn't like saying no," Strom said.

It's that liberal media.