Waseca, Minnesota: Independence Central?

Tim Penny brings the IP ticket to town

Cross-posted at Vox Verax.

Early in his remarks Saturday evening, gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson introduced some of those in attendance at the house of Tim Penny in Waseca. He pointed out former 24-year State Representative Rod Searle, Waseca Mayor Roy Srp and of course Penny. “What is it about Waseca,” he asked, “that it is home to so many independent-thinking people?”

Indeed, the group of about three dozen represented a broad cross-section of former and current Republicans and Democrats. Despite this diversity, all seemed to be uniform in their thinking: the current two major political parties weren’t doing it for them. As the former Republican Searle stated simply, “My party has abandoned me.”

Hutchinson and his “Team Minnesota”