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Any sense of how the Minnesota Senate race is going?

I can't imagine the message coming out of the GOP convention is playing well in MN.

by ATinNM on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:47:50 PM EST
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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
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:56:57 PM EST
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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.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 02:08:37 PM EST
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The Minnesota polls are all over the place.  See Pollster for a worrisome graph ... but then look at the figures.  A snarky person would comment, "They are all outliers."

:-)

As of now, neither one is winning, but neither is losing.  This looks like a nail biter.

by ATinNM on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 02:35:49 PM EST
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