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Congressional District 2 has been the home of stalwart conservative Rep. John Kline since 2003, and if this election’s opponent continues like he is, it’s going to be for another two years as well. Now sure CD2 is a relatively red district. So one would expect the DFL to put up a sacrificial lamb to challenge Kline, but you would have at least thought that they’d pick one smart enough to know the lions are hungry.

Sarvi appears to have come into this race pretty clueless, and despite a recent change in a campaign manager I’m not sure much has changed. First he had to change stories on his military record and hope nobody noticed. Then he made a real rookie boneheaded mistake by allowing the results of an internal poll to get out, a poll that showed him a full 20 points behind Kline. Which probably explains why he can’t even afford his own parade entry fees. Perhaps he should just skip them since he can’t pull together a decent level of support in his own hometown. Now apparently he can’t figure out something as simple as a lawnsign.

Driving home this afternoon, I noticed some additional signs were up in the area. It took awhile to figure out whose they were because they are perhaps the worst political signs I’ve ever seen. Cluttered, busy, and with his name written so small you could barely read it…even if you picked it out of all the background noise. And what’s worse was the size. I guess I didn’t realize they had a size category of “bar napkin” for campaign signs but apparently they do. Four of them slapped together were little bigger than the next smallest campaign sign at the intersections.

Granted he’s got a new campaign manager now, so maybe he can turn things around. But more and more I get the sense that Sarvi just isn’t ready for prime time. Kline has won his previous races by 16+ points. I wonder if he’s going for an even 20 points this time around??

[Crossposted at True North]

[Edited at 2:12 CT to fix grammar/spelling errors.]