Um yeah, so he isn't her.

For those of you who are conservative democrats El has been endorsed by the blue dogs.
http://www.tinklenberg08.com/

The good points I can come up with (I spent a lot of time on this)
He isn't Michelle Bachmann.
I don't believe he is crazy (like Michelle Bachmann)
He favors Pay as you Go budgets
He favors expanding SCHIP (I am warming up)
He favors Universal Health Care (hey not bad...)
Actually his issues page isn't that bad (but notice what is absent)
http://www.tinklenberg08.com/issues.html

So here is why I am less than enthusiastic (from wikipedia as I am lazy):

he ran on a platform that supported jobs, education, transportation and as a socially conservative Democrat who opposed legalized abortion and supported a Federal Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage.

That is why I am not enthusiastic like I am for Madia and Sarvi.

However El might be coming around:

Tinklenberg's stance on abortion changed from opposing legalized abortion, to stating publicly he would not vote for legislation that would overturn Roe v Wade. Tinklenberg reversed his stance from supporting a Federal Marriage Amendment to supporting civil unions.

but he is corporate democrat:

Closer to the Sixth District DFL Convention, Olson's critiques of Tinklenberg grew sharper. Tinklenberg was accused of supporting the use of taconite tailings in transportation aggregate. Tinklenberg contended that, indeed, he did support the use of western Iron Range taconite tailings in transportation aggregate through a University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute program, which was backed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The University's research concluded that taconite tailings from the western side of the Iron Range were safe for use in road construction, unlike the by-product from the eastern side of the Range, which had been linked to an increased risk to cancer.[7] Tinklenberg reiterated that he would only support the sustainable use of western Iron Range taconite tailings as long as the research showed it to be a safe practice.[8]

Tinklenberg was also accused of not complying with lobbying registration regulations. Through his work as a transportation consultant, Tinklenberg had been hired as an advisor to a number of counties and municipalities. Because his work required him to have contact with state legislators, Tinklenberg was required to register as a lobbyist in the state of Minnesota. On February 27, 2008, Eric Zaetsch, a local liberal blogger, filed a complaint with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board. The Board found Tinklenberg to be in full compliance with the law.

So he isn't Bachmann, he has decent stances (though not great) and is probably the best we could do in a district like MN-06:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MN-06

At the state convention in Ro(ck)chester, El was not a presence.  I think he is going on the Tim Mahoney model of democrat, but he would be better than Bachmann.