Just got an e-mail on this -
http://www.jimabeler.com/Jim's a nice guy and I've met him a couple times, but not a conservative, not like us, he is of the pragmatic (think Bush 41) wing of the GOP, likes to tinker with numbers and be a policy-wonk. A step up from Al Franken? Well, uhh, yeah? But a turd on a stick would be a step up from Al Franken! He had a serious challenge just for district endorsement last go around for his State Rep seat, not convinced he can do better than Coleman did. And Coleman was moderate too.
We can, we should, we must do better than this!
Maybe the Libertarians will put somebody up...