It's going alright for now.  Importantly, Coleman's favorables are apparently down to 38%.  So the opportunity's there for Franken.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

I'm not as plugged in as you and Drew, but Coleman has no real draw beyond the "R" after his name. He's about as vapid as they come. At the same time, I don't see Franken energizing the voting populace the way Ventura did in 1998, which was certainly required for victory in the case of Ventura as an independent. Franken has the D endorsement, but as a celebrity candidate like Ventura I think he needs to inject more excitement into the voters than he is. Without even looking at the polls, I assume it will be a tight vote.

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