Grandparents, Chickens and Politicians = State Fair

2006 Elections The family had a great day at the fair today. Grandpa was doing his civic duty with one of the fireman's items today. He also explained all the types of chickens to my lovely wife and kids because he and his dad raised show chickens. On the way to the chickens we had a Klobuchar sighting! (I pointed her out to my parents and they vaguely recognized her.) I actually almost ran into her literally at the fair today. She was not in "press the flesh" mode at the time, but I noticed she walked somewhat anonymously through the crowd. How good is her statewide name recognition? I understand the DFL insiders love her and Hennepin County residents know her, but maybe KvM is on to something? When an out-state person hears Klobuchar is running for Senate will this image appear in their mind?

Maybe she needs to try to pull more stuff like Hatch's Medica fiasco to get herself on TV more? Hoping for a more positive outcome, of course.