by Joe Radosevich

Sometimes we forget how diverse our state really is, or how big it is.

Well it's hard to forget when you're traveling to every corner of Minnesota like Matt and I did this past weekend. We were in Browerville, MN about 30 miles northeast of Alexandria. Their story is familiar to lots of towns in Greater Minnesota.

They have rich natural resources and their own high school, but their greatest export has been young people eager to enter the workforce. They're struggling after years of neglect from the state. It doesn't have to be this way.

What they're missing is a governor with a vision and a spine.

We've seen the Republicans' vision and it's not pretty. We've seen their spine too, and it's tough. We need a DFLer who can face them down.

Matt shared a story with the folks in Browerville. He grew up in Worthington, and was lucky enough to be born at a time when Minnesota was investing in its kids. We call it the Minnesota Miracle, and it took a DFL governor willing to go through a 159 day special session to get it passed.

Today, when Democrats are folding right and far right, who's going to be tough enough to get the next miracle through?

I know Matt is. He's said it before, it's time to get tough. I know the DFLers in Todd County couldn't agree more.