rybak_largeAs expected Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak won re-election by a landslide last night. So what does the mainstream media want to know most about his victory? If he’s running for governor.

The UpTake’s Michael McIntee says his group “wanted to know about how the mayor was going to follow through on creating more jobs in his next term,” but it was hard to get such questions in with all the legacy media clamoring for news about a possible gubernatorial run. As Rybak has said before, he’s interested but hasn’t made a final decision yet.

A snippet of a longer exchange from last night, followed by the video:

Q: What about the governor’s race?

Mayor R.T. Rybak: Well, I’ve been saying for many months that it’s likely I’m getting into the race, and I’m saying the same thing now ’cause I… but I won’t be making any definitive measurement for a little bit of time. (inaudible) And I’m going to take a breath and then make a final decision.

Q: You said it’s likely?

Rybak: Yeah. It’s likely. Nothing has changed. What I think is important is I haven’t made my decision yet.

Q: Then you’ll think over that in a couple weeks?

Rybak: I think a couple months. (inaudible)

Q: What are you waiting for?