On the one hand, Zack from MNPublius has gladdened my heart with this bit here:

Priscilla, Lord Faris (stole that one from Mitch)

If I could contribute one trite but funny (in a very Anglophilic way) meme to the local ‘net, it’d be one of life’s fun little accomplishments. 

Oh, yeah – it’s not all about me:

 …announced yesterday that she would challenge Al Franken for the DFL nomination in the primary this fall. I was listening to MPR and heard Lord Faris say that she that she wouldn’t run if Franken was ahead of Coleman in the polls (I’ll post the audio clip if MPR puts it online).

Well, that day has come.

It links to a Rasmussen poll that shows Franken two points ahead of Senator Coleman.

Which is interesting, I suppose – except that Rasmussen also notes in its toplines that Coleman has much higher “very favorable” and much lower “very unfavorable” ratings than Franken does.  Which introduces the question “who are they polling?

In other words – what are the polling samples?  How many of them are registered or leaning Republican versus DFL?

It’s not a trivial question; in many previous polls, including Raz polls, identified Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-2 in the sample.  And while I don’t know for sure (crosstabs are only available to subscribers), given the disparity in the Very Goods and the Very Bads, along with the fact that 90+% of Republicans are supporting the Senator while only three of of four Dems are, I have to suspect some sort of imbalance in the sample.

Zack:

So, when will the Lord Faris announce her departure from the race?  She hasn’t filed as of this writing.

Rumors of Priscilla, Lord Faris’ demise are greatly exaggerated – or at least very, very premature.

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