SENATE SNAPSHOT: MINNESOTA -- COLEMAN SURGES 7 POINTS AS MONDALE FACES IND. BACKLASH

Jewish World Review ^ | Saturday, November 2, 2002

[JohnHuang2]

A distinct political backlash against Walter Mondale is developing after Democrats turned the memorial service for Sen. Paul Wellstone into a campaign rally.

Internal GOP tracking polls over the past week, exclusively obtained by WORLD magazine, show Republican Norm Coleman gaining 7 points since Tuesday night and now in a statistical dead heat with Mondale, 43% to 42%

The first GOP poll taken last weekend when Mondale's name was first floated to replace Wellstone put the 74-year old Democrat ahead of Coleman by 3 points, highly-placed GOP sources say.

By the Tuesday before the memorial service, internal GOP polls show Mondale had climbed to a 7 point lead, and Republicans were deeply concerned they couldn't overcome the "Mondale Mystique." An independent, public poll showed Mondale up 8.

"Everything changed Tuesday night," said a top Republican operative. "The Democrats' political rally really turned off independent voters. It alientated [Minnesota Governor Jesse] Ventura. And we saw Coleman's numbers rise almost immediately, and intensity for Coleman has significantly increased."

What happened?

"Basically, we're back where we were when Wellstone was alive," the GOP source said. "Independent, undecided voters really didn't like Wellstone. Now they're looking cautiously at the guy who's filling in for the guy they didn't like."

President Bush will now campaign in Minnesota with Coleman on Sunday.

[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, November 2, 2002

Quote of the Day by Sgt. Carter

[goldstategop]

Walter Mondull can be beaten. If he loses Tuesday's election, the fingerprints of his loss can be traced right back to the GOP's best friend: Bubba.

[JohnHuang2]

Bingo.

[tom paine 2]

Let's hope that when Mondale loses, the final flush will be given to the Clintonoid turds (Begala, Carville, Shrum and McCauliff)

[The Great Satan]

Islam is utterly, irredeemably evil. It's as simple as that. This is not rocket science.

[The Great Satan]

Oops, that last post was meant for a different thread, but it's worth repeating anyway: Islam is utterly, iredeemably evil. Mondale is also a puke, BTW.

[NYC GOP Chick]

I think the two are somehow related. :)

[buffyt]

I hope U R right about those D*amn turds going down the drain. FLUSH!

[Guillermo]

LOL!

[johniegrad]

Islam Mondale is utterly, irredeemably evil. It's as simple as that. This is not rocket science, it's the wrong thread.

[rewrite]

Bad thing about it, when you have big turds like those-you always have "floaters" that refuse to go down the drain!

[deport]

If this means anything other than space filler.

[WileyC]

Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[The Wizard]

remember the Wellstone party on Wed........it was seen and disliked by many.....