Press Conference

Here’s five minutes of video from a press conference held today by Ashwin Madia, DFL candidate for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s 3rd district. In this clip, Madia addresses the economy; Republican characterizations of his background as less well suited to the district than that of his opponent, state Rep. Erik Paulsen; ads by outside groups attacking Paulsen that have been called inaccurate; and an incident in which a Madia campaign volunteer removed Paulsen signs from a public right-of-way. Also: six-minute clip of GOP response.

At a Wednesday news conference, DFL 3rd District congressional candidate Ashwin Madia, pledging to push a positive message on the economy and steer clear of negative attacks, said he would have voted for the bailout bill the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Monday — if inaction were the alternative. But he added that any bailout must include both guaranteed relief for middle-class homeowners facing foreclosure and oversight from outside the U.S. Department of Treasury. He also called a new line of attack by allies of Republican state Sen. Erik Paulsen’s campaign — focusing on Madia as an unmarried non-homeowner uninvolved in youth soccer — “bizarre.”

Via press release, the DFL will hold a press conference today at 11 AM to discuss potential campaign finance violations committed during the final days of the 2006 election cycle by A Stronger America – Minnesota.  The organization was supported heavily by Texas real estate magnate and Republican booster Bob Perry, and played a large [...]