The DFL endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis never seemed as significant as when the people making the case for its meaninglessness are ready to fight, fight, fight to reverse the result.
Some have argued that moving with urgency at the “literal eleventh hour” of the July 19 Minneapolis DFL Convention was illegitimate (note: the author of the linked post is a recent former candidate for the state legislature who amended the rules at his DFL convention to advantage himself — gasp).
Amending the rules to use a potentially faster method of voting — in this case, a show of badges — is the kind of tactic the clear delegate leader will sometimes use. The catch is, to change the rules your side has to be in a strong enough position to win a vote that requires a 2/3 majority of delegates. The anti-Frey contingent remaining in the arena — made up of Fateh, Davis, and Hampton delegates — were enough to change the rules…