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Posted at 9:22pm on May 21, 2008 MN-SEN: Stripping The Bark Off Al Franken

By Dan McLaughlin

If you have been thinking of throwing some money towards a GOP Senator who stands a chance of winning a tough election in 2008, you could do worse than contributing to Norm Coleman, who has led by as much as 7 points in an April Rasmussen poll over the odious Al Franken. These three ads from Coleman are a good example of why:

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Posted at 11:11am on May 16, 2008 Bearers of False Witness and the False Witnesses They Bear

The Al Franken Ignorance Tale

By Erick

You may think that’s an odd title for a blog post about comedian and Senate candidate Al Franken, but those are his words. In his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Franken attempts to paint anyone who disagrees with him as a liar or worse. Ironically enough, this book has put the failed radio host on a path of lies and deceit, due to his failure to pay for workers’ compensation while the book was being written and researched.

Franken’s defense…ignorance. While this may apply to Franken in most cases, it is a hard sell in this instance. In order to believe Franken’s claims of ignorance on his corporate governance problems you must believe totally disregarding reality:

•     Franken claims he never knew about his New York problems because he moved to Minnesota in April of 2005. To believe this you must also believe these additional Franken claims:

1.       Franken never received, or knew about, any of the dozen notices sent to him by the state of New York regarding his failure to pay worker’s compensation insurance

2.       Franken never received any notices or heard from the collection agency hired by the state of New York to collect the workers’ compensation insurance premiums Franken failed to pay

•    To believe Franken’s claims of ignorance you must ignore the following facts:

Read on . . .

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Posted at 11:16pm on Apr. 24, 2008 Norm Coleman Is Good Enough, Smart Enough . . .

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

And doggone it, people like him!

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has opened a seven-percentage point lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken in his bid for re-election. Coleman, widely considered one of the most vulnerable incumbents of Election 2008, attracts 50% of the vote for the first time this year while Franken earns support from 43%.

A month ago, the incumbent Senator led the comedian 48% to 46%. Two months ago, Franken had a three-point lead over Coleman. That was before another Democratic candidate, Mike Ciresi, withdrew from the race.

Coleman now leads Franken by nineteen points among men but trails by four among women. Coleman earns 91% support from Republican voters while Franken gets the vote from 75% of Democrats. Coleman has expanded his lead among unaffiliated voters to double digits.

Coleman is viewed favorably by 55%, up three points from a month ago. Franken earns positive ratings from 48%, unchanged since March.

As Rasmussen goes on to point out, when an incumbent polls over 50%, that spells trouble for the challenger. On the upside for Franken: If this Senate race does not go well, he can always go ask Lorne Michaels if he is needed around the set.

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