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MN-SEN: Al Franken Spending Money But Not Getting More Well-Liked
Red State ^ | October 6, 2007

Posted on 10/06/2007 4:21:48 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

The graphic comes from this Brian Maloney story, which goes through how Franken has outraised Norm Coleman in the race for Coleman's Senate seat but has been burning through cash (in part because Franken still has a serious primary opponent, wealthy trial lawyer Mike Ciresi) to the point where Coleman has twice as much cash on hand, $5 million to $2.45 million.

The result:

Republicans gloated that while Franken burned more than $1 million in the second quarter, a recent Minnesota Poll gave him only a 27 percent favorable rating, compared with 52 percent for Coleman, who faces his first reelection test next year.

H/T HotAir. Coleman's is one of the Senate seats we need to hold in 2008; hopefully, he will get some help from this sort of bumbling by one of his potential opponents.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2008; alfranken; polls
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1 posted on 10/06/2007 4:21:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: MplsSteve; MNJohnnie; Extremely Extreme Extremist; Diana in Wisconsin; George W. Bush; ...

This is good news, though I’m not shocked.

Stuart Smalley isn’t good enough, smart enough, and people don’t like him.


2 posted on 10/06/2007 4:23:42 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Clintonfatigued

lipstick and pearls on a pig.


3 posted on 10/06/2007 4:25:25 PM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008)
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To: Clintonfatigued

That’s what happens when you’re a jerk.


4 posted on 10/06/2007 4:26:32 PM PDT by Huntress (Those who surrender liberty for security will have neither. --- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Clintonfatigued

It’s not The Al Franken Decade.


5 posted on 10/06/2007 4:27:14 PM PDT by Rocko ( "Where's the global warming? It's freezing in here." -- Bob Dylan)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Is this a race?


6 posted on 10/06/2007 4:27:43 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: Clintonfatigued

I just don’t understand it. Franken is so photogenic. His voice isn’t at all shrill or nasal and certainly would be confidence-inspiring in a crisis.


7 posted on 10/06/2007 4:27:48 PM PDT by james500
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To: Clintonfatigued; Clemenza; darkangel82; JohnnyZ

I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to find a still of Franken online from his small role in “Trading Places” where he is cross-eyed and stoned out of his mind (which he acknowledged he took drugs during the filming) playing an Amtrak baggage handler.


8 posted on 10/06/2007 4:34:53 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: Clintonfatigued

Coleman retains his popularity numbers by diving toward the middle. Voted for SCHIP and publicly whined along with Amy Klobuchar (DFL) when President Bush vetoed it.


9 posted on 10/06/2007 4:35:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The Flyin' Imams Since 11/20/06)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Lets just hope that Franken get the RAT nomination.


10 posted on 10/06/2007 4:36:20 PM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Franken is a loser.


11 posted on 10/06/2007 4:36:31 PM PDT by CT (Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

In related news, OJ spending more money and not getting more well-liked.


12 posted on 10/06/2007 4:37:10 PM PDT by generally (Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Just what you figure. A 27%-30% Nutcase factor in all polls and Al’s got every last one of them.


13 posted on 10/06/2007 5:04:19 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: generally; popdonnelly; jazusamo; oceanview; Keith in Iowa; quantim; Brilliant; Petronski; ...

“OJ spending more money and not getting more well-liked.”

Witty analogy!


14 posted on 10/06/2007 5:05:06 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Clintonfatigued
"I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, and dog gone it! people don't like me!"


15 posted on 10/06/2007 5:06:02 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares; darkangel82; fieldmarshaldj; NonValueAdded; restornu; GOP_Lady; ...

Oh, if Al Franken is the nominee, his film clips will give Norm Coleman a lot of free television commercials.


16 posted on 10/06/2007 5:09:36 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: xcamel
Quote ; lipstick and pearls on a pig.

Whitewall tires on a manure spreader ?

17 posted on 10/06/2007 5:10:27 PM PDT by koskenkorva
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To: Clintonfatigued
Apparently he didn’t learn the lesson of ErrAmerica.
18 posted on 10/06/2007 5:20:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If you can't say something nice about CFR lackeys, just keep quiet.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Al Franken ... what a joke! People don’t send him campaign contributions, they send in the cover charge.


19 posted on 10/06/2007 5:22:06 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Too bad. So sad. My peeps will vote NORM!!!!


20 posted on 10/06/2007 5:22:11 PM PDT by NordP (If illegal alien = "undocumented immigrant" then drug dealer = "unlicenced pharmacist")
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