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Construction contractor Dan Powers, of Burnsville, has announced he intends to challenge Rep. John Kline, for Minnesota\’s Second District, in 2010.  And from his statements so far, he\’s fully embraced the sacrificial lamb role for which he\’s destined.

Powers says Kline\’s stance against earmarks has hurt the district. He says he wants universal health care and a public health insurance option.

Universal health care with a public option?? The same plan that turned out people at townhalls all over the country and has been polling absolutely horrendously for months.

But his signature issue seems to be earmarks, also known as pork, in which he wants as much as he can get.  Which is an odd stance to take since even President Obama famously lied, \”Absolutely, we need earmark reform. And when I\’m president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.\”  He has declared that he won\’t sign bills with earmarks on them, something he\’s broken over and over but rhetorically he is against earmarks.

Perhaps Powers would like to explain with both Kline, Obama and the American people against earmarks, how he could possibly regard them as a good thing.

It seems that Powers platform can be summed up as \”I\’m for whatever the public doesn\’t want\”.

Best of luck Powers, you\’re going to need it.