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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:35 PM Original message |
Why the hell isn't Franken doing better in Minnesota? |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not from MN, but.... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's down a couple points to the incumbent... |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Great point about NH |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah, Sununu's never lived down the idea that he's an illegitimate senator... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's early |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can you blame people being wary of voting for a comedian? |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No more ridiculous than a movie |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Or the dimwit who traded Sammy Sosa! nt |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. MN isn't an easy pickup, Coleman has decent approval ratings |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "And also if the DFL or the DSCC had someone better to put up, don't you think they would have?" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Right, it was a pretty weak field |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Franken's been on SEVEN USO tours. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. a friend of mine says that after Jesse Ventura, a lot of Minnesotans are wary |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Didn't Jesse leave office with good numbers ? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No. By the time his term was up everybody was pretty much fed up with him. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Coleman's run a pretty effective centrist campaign so far. Franken hasn't had a chance to |
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MrRobotsHolyOrders (681 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I like when people say exactly what I wanted to say |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. a depressing, but largely accurate assessment |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. He'll be fine once he gets to meet more people. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. I used to live in MN. |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think we chose the wrong guy in MN, Franken has too much baggage |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Al's not a great candidate by any means, but who else could the Dems have run? |
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