ALF says he is a Minnesotan. BS. What a guy who moved here in 4th grade and left after high school does and says is more influenced by NY where he moved to and developed as a comedic writer and actor. He bankrupted Air America and appears to be intent on doing that for MN and the US govt.

Norm moved here after college and worked for MN govt for 17 years and as mayor of STP. Beats the liverwurst out of ALF when it comes to being Minnesotan.

Ciresi’s ideas about gov’t involve suing or taxing business out of existence. Does not impress me at all.

My 2 cents.

Get serious. The number of people that read political blogs and get press releases from the parties are miniscule when compared to the general population.

When Angry Al gets the Democrat nod the people of Minnesota will begin to get the Franken story brought to them in living color.

I’m sure when that happens we will have seen the last poll of the election season posted here.

So long Norm, and thanks Michael for all of your help!

This is from their “About” section.

“Jon-David was hired by the Al Franken campaign as Director, Interactive/New Media in mid-February of 2007 and, as such, stopped blogging to keep MNPublius independent and objective in the ‘08 cycle.”

Matt also went to great lengths to explain to me on an older thread that they were objective despite Sean, after a bit of an argument, saying that they might in fact be biased because of their friend and one time fellow blogger getting a job with Franken. Again, I don’t care if they rename the site “Three guys for Franken, and other musings” but it is dishonest to claim to be something you are not. Especially if that obfuscation is used to manipulate the opinion of others in regard to something as important as this senate race.

This is a popular site with a large readership of particularly involved individuals. That influence demands a proportionate amount of accountability. My only hope is to bring a little bit of that, not to claim that the gentlemen here should not promote whomever they please for public office.

Franken started as the presumptive Democratic Party candidate, if not Ciresi. Jack was considered, at best, “spporting cast”, and was otherwise given no chance.

Now the Strib treats this as a three way race, and it is. Jack is easily in the delegate hunt for the party endorsement. He’s either first or second pick of virtually every delegate. That means he’s in a very strong position for winning the endorsement.

That he surpassed those long odds Jack faced at the start, he looks sure to beat Norm Coleman in the general.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of objectivity.

But again, thanks for posting!

Why don’t you try posting a poll to ask readers who they think you are supporting and see if I am the only one.

And again, thanks for posting!

As spin goes I rate this a B. Mainly for your thoughtful effort to minimize expectations for when the campaign starts in earnest. As meaningful information a D-. A brand new candidate who has become the front runner to oppose an incumbent from a currently unpopular party has noplace to go but up. As you can see by Ciresi’s numbers being fairly close to Franken’s it is more about party affiliation and name recognition at this point than a candidates particulars.

Why haven’t you guys announced your pick yet? I don’t think anybody who has read the blog thinks you are still waiting to make up your minds. By the count of your “Filing Cabinet” there are 45 posts on Franken while Cireci and JNP are at zero. So much for the feigned objectivity.