No easy path for Ellison

Minnesota Democrats Exposed has been working over DFL endorsee Keith Ellison (5th Congressional District), specifically his relationship with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Of course,anytime you're talking about Farrakhan, you're talking about the relationship between Jews and African Americans. It's one of the more hotly-commented blog postings I've seen in months with lots of archived Star Tribune material and allegations of race baiting. It's bare-knuckle stuff.

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