You Can Call Him Al

On this week's Al Franken podcast, the guest is former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, who knew that she was in a very tight race for re-election and tha if she voted against Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh she'd like lose.  She voted against him and lost.

As for the episode, Al writes --

The Founding Members of the Senate’s now defunct “Oh Ya! Caucus,” former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp and I discuss Heidi’s new organization, One Country.

How do Democrats get more votes in rural America?

Show up.
Listen.
Keep coming back.
Listen to the podcast.

Heidi lost her re-elect in a state that has turned solidly red over the past ten years. I won both of my races in a purplish-blue state by winning big in the Twin Cities and Duluth. But I did better all-around and in rural Minnesota in my second race (2014, a bad year for Dems) because I showed up, listened, and kept coming back. Turns out rural Americans care about what other Americans care about: health care; their kids’ education; keeping their kids close to them. Which means jobs