Remember Randy Kelly, the St. Paul mayor I blogged earlier today? The Democratic mayor, who endorsed Bush in 2004, took a beating in his city's primary, coming a distant second to a challenger, and is poised to be swept out of office in November.

St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly could be in for the fight of his political life after receiving barely half as many votes as former City Council Member Chris Coleman in Tuesday's primary [...]

Coleman outdistanced Kelly by 52 percent to 27 percent, with Kelly coming perilously close to dropping behind Green Party candidate Elizabeth Dickinson, who received 19 percent. Coleman and Kelly will face off in November [...]

Kelly faced voters for the first time Tuesday since endorsing Republican President Bush in 2004. [...]

The top two vote-getters face off in the general election in November, so Kelly will definitely have the opportunity to lose again.

Now wouldn't you know who shows up in the DLC's 2003 "100 To Watch" list? A certain mayor of St. Paul. Not only that, but they love Kelly so much that they profiled him in their magazine in 2002 and made him "New Dem of the Week" in both 2002 and 2003.

That's some serious praise they've heaped on the guy. And the sad part is that being a Bush-endorsing Democrat lines up nicely with the DLC agenda. It's not as if he strayed from the DLC path.

from Daily Kos