The Nation has some analysis of Rasmussen’s recent poll of the Senate race.
With next year’s Minnesota Senate race still in its initial stages, Coleman’s lead over his prospective Democratic challengers has dropped into margin-of-error territory.
Coleman’s at 46 percent in a new Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in Minnesota. Former Air American talk-show host Al Franken, a newcomer to electoral politics who is considered the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination, is at 41 percent.
In a match-up with wealthy trial lawyer Mike Ciresi, who like fellow Democrat Franken is an ardent critic of Coleman from the left, trails the incumbent by a similar 46-42 margin.
What this means is that Minnesotans appear to be developing an Anyone-But-Coleman sentiment that, when the fact that undecided voters tend to break for challengers, bodes ill for the incumbent.
This is a change versus more of the same election. Given that, the DFL has two superior nominees: both are unconventional candidates with no prior elective office. The contrast between Ciresi or Franken (both of whom have spent a career outside of government), and Coleman (who’s electoral ambitions are the stuff of legend), is beyond stark.
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Two superior nominees? If we had two superior nominees, they both would be pounding Coleman in the polls, not losing to him. What we’ve got is a potentially decent nominee in Ciresi, and a complete train wreck in Franken.
I think you’re wrong to say a change rather than more of the same election. The best data I’ve seen says this is an “on our side” election w\ Coleman making a dismal showing.
To call Franken a “train wreck” is a little over-the-edge, though I agree that Ciresi is clearly the better of the two candidates. Franken as worked hard as a candidate, and while he can always be expected to throw out a printable quip, he has neither the depth of experience nor the impressive intellect of Ciresi. Further, as a speaker on the stump he bumbles around the issues while Ciresi seems to have the ability to cut right to core of and reinforce his positions with reams of facts…not cute antedotes. Ciresi’s reputation as always being the best prepared lawyer in the room - no matter what room he’s in - will serve him (and Minnesota) well if we have the sense to elect him.
HURRICANE BROOM 2008 WILL BE AROUND TO SHUT DOWN NORM.
METEROLOGISTS STAND BY.
WELLSTONE WILL BEAT NORM AFTER ALL!
Hey Dave:
Did you see the front page story on James McBroom/Wellstone on the cover of last Tuesday’s St. Paul Legal-Ledger?
WELLSTONE 2008 sounds like a winner to me!!!
I am a bit nervous about an “anybody but Coleman” approach. I remember not long ago when Democrats were so smug about defeating Bush that they ran an “anybody but Bush” campaign. Sadly, some idiot decided that they should run John Kerry as a war-monger. They had him repeat such Bushisms as “hunt them down and kill them,” instead of running him as an opposition candidate who had given that amazing Winter soldier speech and who had done such wonderful work exposing the Iran-contra fiasco. We all know how that tactic worked.
What I think we should do is actually pick the person who we think would make the best Senator, the person with the best shot of working in Congress to put the country on the right path again.
Charley:
You make a WONDERFUL point in regards to Minnesota’s next U.S. Senator.
We love Broom Wellstone:
It would appear that you know who this Broom guy is?
Well so do I. I investigated this guy VERY well.
Minnesota is in for a gigantic surprise.
Broom did cost Blue Cross 80 million dollars last year,
That’s my take on it.
Michael Moore does know Broom.
whats funny about this broom guy is I don’t even thinks he wants the job of U.S. Senator.
After his non-profit company got screwed on a 80 million dollar contract, broom done snapped.
The Wellstone plane crash evidence of foul play that he claims he has was the only thing I couldn’t verify.
With everything else that he has said that I verified to be true leads me to believe that Minnesota is going to be a Hollywood movie after 2008