Dayton Meets With GOP Senate Leaders.
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2010 · News & Politics
Beware of Republicans bearing gifts? Dayton meets with Republican Senate Leaders Senators Amy Koch and Geoff Michel, and right away they mentioned they'd given him a giant jar of Peanut M&M's. "Somebody had done some culinary research"--Dayton. But serious issues were discussed too : Jobs and the economy. The press wanted them to say : "Do we need a new Metrodome replacement?", but Senator Michel batted back with maybe the strongest quote of the love-fest presser. "The picture, the photo, the youtube is dramatic, but I don't think it's anymore dramatic or anymore urgent than the state of our economy. Our economy has deflated, our state jobs picture has flatlined, so we might have spent a minute and half today with Governor Dayton talking about the Metrodome." The Budget will dominate the session"--Senator Geoff Michel, and he said ""I'm optimistic, I'm will make one bold prediction here, and hopefully not bring any disrespect to people I have served with before, My guess is the new governor is going to get along a lot better with this Majority Leader than the last two individuals who held these positions."
