WOOOT!\u00a0 MPR released a poll showing that Al Franken has pulled even with Senator Norm Coleman!<\/p>\n
This is huge news!<\/em> Why, even MNPublius’ kept Frankenblogger Aaron Landry says so<\/a>!<\/p>\n …It boils down to this: some people have a strange impression that Franken\u2019s campaign isn\u2019t doing as well as it should, it is comparatively getting a ton of bad press and that Franken doesn\u2019t own on the issues. It\u2019s basically what you\u2019d think if you used right-wing talking points to get your\u00a0news.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We’ll come back to the “talking point” bit in a moment here…<\/p>\n …but first, let’s get to the bottom of what would seem, according to the MPR poll, to be a return from the dead for Franken.\u00a0 I searched in vain in the MPR story for the set-up numbers – who they actually polled<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Swiftee<\/a>, over at MDE, would seem to have heard the answer<\/a>:<\/p>\n it was revealed that in the MPR-HHH poll released today, which revealed a stastical tie<\/em>, 59% of the respondents identified themselves as Democrats, and 39% identified themselves as Republicans<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In other words, the poll started with a 3:2 advantage for Franken before the tabulation even ran – and he still <\/em>could only manage a tie!<\/p>\n It seems like more and more people are actually realizing that Franken is solid on the issues, especially as Franken has been continually touring the state talking about them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Still waiting to hear what Franken’s “issues” are.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for negative press, Franken is only getting prodded on non-issues.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Actually, while I don’t care about his career as a freelance writer or comic, I think the fact that Franken has nothing<\/em> by which to judge him except <\/em>his writing career, a couple of relentlessly smug “political” books and a failed talk show would <\/em>make a sentient voter a little hinky about Al.<\/p>\n