Essential Estrogen

I can already tell there will be quite a few posts about Senate Minority Leader Mary Lundby. It's not that I think she is such a bad person or even that she's a bad legislator, it's just that - in her new leadership position - she's going to be asked about everything and quoted all over the state.

This thought-provoking quote after yesterday's budget address by Gov. Chet Culver was reported by the Sioux City Journal:

"These are the things he talked about in the campaign and it's nice to see a governor that has some promises he's following through on," said Senate Minority Leader Mary Lundby, R-Marion.

Was that an off-hand jab at our former governor and current 2008 presidential hopeful, Mary? Perhaps it was intended instead for Branstad?