Shocker: Tax-hiking, Govt. Health Care-pushing Ex-Governor Endorses Ob

Ken Shepherd
October 23rd, 2008 4:32 PM
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported today that former Republican Governor Arne Carlson (Minn.) has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid. Carlson heralded himself as a "Republican maverick" and hailed Obama as a potentially "truly great president." Tribune staffer Mike Kaszuba failed to label Carlson's ideology, but suggested in the second paragraph of his October 23 article…