On campaign trail, Gov. Dayton said he would not shutdown state government

[MinnesotaDave17]

A liar and crazy, failed U.S senator who self graded himself with an "F" on his job performance while in the senate. He stated he thought he was the worst senator in Minnesota state history. The people of Minnesota rewarded this trust fund baby with the governorship. Shameful! The next thing you know they will elect Ventura the wrestler and Al Franken to office...

[cjripley1982]

I dont think deet did.

[cjripley1982]

I saw the full context video and stll changes nothing. He said he wouldnt shut down gov.

[pcash64]

@thedeets Did you even watch the video that you referred everyone to? The context of his statement doesn't change at all. He still says he would not shut government down. Not only did he shut the government down (which he said he wouldn't,) he refused to sign a stop-gap measure to keep everything running and has refused to sign any of the budget proposals that have been put in front of him.

He also now supports a cig tax increase, something else he "opposed" while campaigning

[gonadcancervictim]

maybe he should pass a trust fund tax rather than a I'm successful now tax...

[Bukakke1]

The democrats have planned on shutting down since Dayton got in. They think the media will be able to convince the public to vote the republicans out of office by blaming it on them.

[thedeets]

Impressive job by the MN GOP removing the context of Dayton's remarks. For context, search YouTube for "Full Context of Mark Dayton Debate Oct 24th 2010".