In the few months he’s been in the Senate so far, he has been a diligent worker, and his approval rating is slowly starting to rise. Here are the findings of a recent Rasmussen poll:
Fifty percent (50%) of the state’s voters approve of the job performance of Franken who took office in July after months of legal wrangling over the election results with his Republican predecessor Norm Coleman. Twenty-four percent (24%) strongly approve of the job he is doing.
Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove of how Franken is doing, with 29% who strongly disapprove.
Not a stellar approval rating, of course, but a step in the right direction for Franken, who won with about 42 percent of the vote. I have a lot of confidence that Franken’s approval rating will slowly but surely continue to rise as Minnesotans see the good work he’s doing.
Correction: roughly a quarter of Minnesotans voted for either Al or Norm. Of those voters, each got almost exactly 42% of the vote, and Barkley got 15%, nothing to sneeze at. For comparison, George Bush got 10% of the total population of Texas to vote for him as Governor in 1994 and 7% in 1998.
And the same poll gave Michele Bachmann a 51% approval among voters statewide. I didn't buy the crosstabs, so I don't know much about the nuts and bolts, but if they oversampled conservatives, giving Bachmann more support than she really has, then Al's numbers might really be higher too.
I don't even want to discuss why they asked about Bachmann statewide.
I think it would be wonderful if Michele ran for US Senate.
Oh. I just realized it's a Ras. Poll.
Utter poppycock, unless it's the final poll pre-election. ALWAYS skewed pro-conservative.
Franken has gotten off to a good start. He has for the most part been playing the part of a freshman, which is exactly what he should be doing.
The healthcare debate will move the needle one way or the other. Minnesotans want someone who will be a voice of reason, not an ideological soldier. We'll see which way Franken breaks on that.
Both senators will need to stand tall against the taxing of the med tech companies that will have a huge effect on MN.
Agreed. He and Klobuchar are part of a very exclusive club, but in the end there are there to represent the interests of Minnesotans. Keeping our most dynamic industry, which includes many of our very best employers, thriving and healthy is job #1.
During the campaign, the Republicans generated an image of Al Franken as wild, not serious and lewd. Citizens are now seeing the true Franken for what he is - serious, compassionate, very bright and articulate, pretty much as Senator Franken represented himself during the campaign. So if the Republican party can so wildly distort the truth about Franken, what else are they distorting?
Well, they're NOT distorting the absolute insanity of the Dem's "health care reform" plans for all of us…
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29555.h...
Senator Franken would do well to help put a stop to this mess.
Can we count on you, Senator, for a rational "NO" vote?
Attila, you asked and sure enough Kathy the Republican/Libertarian shill answered. I hope she is getting paid because being Johnny on the spot with her parrot thoughts must be tiring. I know I'm tired of her blather.
Ooh. Politico. You're right. Franken and Klobuchar should certainly take THAT into consideration.
Politico= Concern trolling is our business.
Well, they're NOT distorting the absolute insanity …
Congratulations, Kathy. You've contradicted yourself in the same sentence.
There are no absolutes in this world, especially when it comes to judging insanity. So "absolute insanity" is a distortion, which you state is not happening.