Footsteps...

where Ponder was introduced to Gov. Dayton when they both appeared on KSTP? Dayton welcomed Ponder to Minnesota and said he was looking forward to seeing him on the field with the Vikings. I was quite surprised when Dayton then said “now we’ve got to get you into a new stadium”, and joked about the condition of the Metrodome. I would have expected Dayton to try to avoid those issues like the plague, and I could not believe that he brought them up. As for Ponder; he showed his intelligence and understanding that he is a representative of the Viking organization by just making polite comments and small jokes, but you could almost see him wondering to himself what he could, or should not, say on the subject.

In any event, I questioned whether Dayton’s remarks didn’t show his honest intention to pursue the stadium now that the dust is settling from the budgetary crisis and shutdown. I suppose, however, that it’s just as likely that behind closed doors he is sneering “Stadiums? We don got to show ju no stinkin’ stadiums!.”