Franken bypasses Coleman as voters react to attack ads

[ccharles000]

By Kevin Duchschere , Star Tribune

DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken has moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

The survey, conducted Tuesday through Thursday by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among 1,084 likely Minnesota voters, shows Franken leading Coleman 43 to 34 percent. Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley is supported by 18 percent of respondents.

Franken’s lead is outside the poll’s margin of sampling error, plus or minus 3.7 points.

For Coleman, there is little good news in the poll. The number of voters who view him unfavorably continues to grow, the number who see him favorably is falling, and his job-approval rating has slipped to 38 percent — his lowest ever in the Minnesota Poll.

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. Go Al!

Kick the shit out of (Ab)Norm.

[cui bono]

4. Okay, good. You said more than I did. That was weird.

:)

[cui bono]

2. Go Al!

[orwell]

3. Woot! Go Al...

It's time we put a real comedian in the Senate. They could use some laughs.

We all could...

[mduffy31]

5. Here is my problem

I am here in MN/WI and I see the attack ads daily, and there are too many polls that are showing the Franken - Coleman race as a dead head, and Barkley won't go away. There was a recent article in the Duluth News-Tribune that showed that Barkley was taking more votes away from Franken than Coleman so that will be a problem.

[ccharles000]

6. ...

lets just hope that with Barkley Franken still wins.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Hey, holy cow. Soup City.

I useta live there. Love the Twin Ports.

Moved to Eau Claire for the climate (I tell people).

[mduffy31]

8. Yes, no giant air conditioner to keep you cool in Eau Claire

Like we got here!

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Ah, yes, I remember it well--95 at the (Duluth) airport

50 downtown.

But I loved Superior. I loved the city forest ski trails, Wisconsin Point, the bike rides on the county roads out to and beyond Pattison Park, UW-Superior, where I taught part-time, the whole scene actually.

[snappyturtle]

12. Hey stop it! You and mduffy are making me homesick. Before moving here, TX,

two years ago, I lived in northern MN for 15 years....in an iddy biddy town called Longville which is 125 miles west of Duluth. I surely could use Duluth's air conditioner!

[Beausoir]

16. The new Strib poll shows Barkley hurting Coleman more.

Still...Barkley pulling 18% is disturbing.

[mduffy31]

17. That is kind of what I mean

this whole situation is still so fluid so who knows.

[autorank]

10. Maybe Bill Maher is wrong;) n/t k*r

[progressoid]

11. Weird that the SurveyUSA poll was almost exaclty the opposite this week.

Somthing is up.

[Skidmore]

13. Where did you get that signature logo for Iowa that you are using?

Is it something that anyone can use?

[progressoid]

15. I made it.

I'm working on a couple variations. I'll post them in the Iowa forum in a day or two for anyone to use.

[Alpharetta]

14. Go Al, Go!