A Dinner Causes Koering Heartburn

State Senator Paul Koering has become a hot topic in the blogosphere.  The openly gay lawmaker from Fort Ripley had dinner with a gay porn star at a Brainerd area restaurant Wednesday. 

The dinner with Brandon Wilde became public when he sent a message to his 1900 Twitter fans that he was having dinner with "The Senator."

Koering told KLKS news, the dinner was not a news event, "When you consider the unemployment numbers and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "

Koering faces a primary challenge from within the Republican party from former State Representative Paul Gazelka.