Quote Me, Howie: Jill Johnson's tribute to her dad, Mike Randolph
"Your legacy may be in the record books now, but long before that it already lived in every team you have built, every player that you have mentored, all four children you have raised with these same values, and every person you inspired along the way. Congrats on 708 Wins." -- Jill Johnson
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Walz connected emotionally with parts of the Democratic base in a way Klobuchar never has. Progressive activists tolerated him because he felt authentic, grounded, unpretentious. Klobuchar does not inspire that same patience. Her politics are transactional, not aspirational.