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Gov. Dayton on nasty independent expenditure groups:

It will be challenging and there will be — unfortunately — a great deal of negativity. The independent expenditure groups can come in and spend unlimited money without disclosing their sources and run whatever kind of vile trash they decide to without any consequences.

Yep. They might even run something like this:

I'm sure the Alliance for a Better Minnesota will be more than happy to put out all manner of vile trash -- they've got a long track record of that sort of thing. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Mark Dayton can blow it out of the orifice of his choice.