Politicos handicap Rybak for Senate run:
He's smooth, feisty and one of the strongest vote-getters in Minneapolis since the city's first mayoral race in 1867, so political black belts are pondering whether DFL Mayor R.T. Rybak will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008.
A Minneapolis mayor versus a former St. Paul mayor. Political savants think the race would have a nice ring to it.
Rybak says he intends to finish his new four-year mayoral term, precluding a run at Coleman, but allows that ardent supporters could push him to change his mind. That hint caused election watchers to praise his chances.
"I think he would be a strong candidate for the nomination--a front-runner, if not the front-runner,"' said Steven Schier, a Carleton College political scientist.
"Success breeds success," said Larry Jacobs, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. "He's kind of a natural."
Is there a less credible, yet more often quoted political "expert" in the Twin Cites than Larry Jacobs? This guy gets dredged up by the local media on a regular basis to offer his insights on everything from blogs to the political charisma of RT Rybak. And, as usual, he's so far off the mark that you wonder what planet he's living on.
How does Jacobs think Rybak's "success" as mayor of Minneapolis will translate to the voters?
"RT Rybak-Let him do to the country what he did to Minneapolis"
The Rybak for Senate groundswell begins.
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