With only 14 months until election day, Amy Klobuchar still doesn’t have an opponent. Sure, a few candidates have filed, but nobody she needs to take seriously. Of course, Klobuchar didn’t get where she is today by being lazy, so I’m sure she will take them seriously. Even so, it looks like she’ll have pretty smooth sailing.

So what will she do with her time? I’d like to be the first to ask her to bring her immense popularity to bear on the legislative and constitutional ballots.

The DFL will need all the help it can get to win back the legislative majority. Without much effort, Klobuchar could bring a boost to a dozen close legislative races. A few appearances by Klobuchar could raise significant amounts of cash for legislative candidates, as well as potentially bringing in new volunteers for those campaigns.

Klobuchar could also be an enormous help in campaigns against the Republicans’ constitutional amendments. As a popular statewide figure, she could be a strong voice in opposition to the Republicans’ overreach.

Granted, Senator Klobuchar could easily take advantage of her light opposition to increase her war chest and build her profile nationwide. But we have great need for her here at home, and I hope she’ll devote at least some of her time to making sure Minnesota values carry the day in 2012.