The Minnesota assassin sought — and found — soft targets
Elected leaders all over the country are on edge. The assassinations this past weekend of a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband, along with the shooting of a state senator and his wife, were followed by revelations that the alleged perpetrator had a roster of 70 potential targets and visited the homes of at least two other elected officials.
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