Ventura Complicates Minn. Senate Race

[book_worm]

Ventura's entry could spell trouble for both existing candidates, though it's not clear whether it would actually change the outcome. A poll conducted by SurveyUSA in June showed Coleman beating Franken 52-40 without Ventura in the race. With the former governor, the result was 41 percent for Coleman, 31 for Franken and 23 for Ventura.

But Ventura has shocked the political world before, winning the governor's race in 1998 over Coleman, then the mayor of St. Paul, and state Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III, when few expected him to succeed. "I think Ventura could well win," Laurence Jacobs, a University of Minnesota political scientist, told NPR.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/07/ventura_complicates_minn_senat.html?hpid=news-col-blog

I was hoping we would beat Norm Coleman, but I'm not so sure.

[AspenRose]

1. Oh for Pete's sake

GO AWAY JESSE....GO AWAY RALPH....

[KingFlorez]

2. Some people don't know when to stop

He had his time, he should just go away.

[mikelgb]

3. I'd take Jesse over Norm

Al needs to ramp up his camp, work for an agreement with Ventura, they obviously both see Norm as the problem...

[book_worm]

4. I've never been sure that Al Franken was the best we could have done in MN.

[NorthCarolina]

5. I hope Ventura does win

eom

[Muttocracy]

6. here's the NPR link

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92357303

[dempartisan23]

7. franken is a weak candidate

was no one else available to run?

[undeterred]

8. There was a terrific progressive candidate- Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

but he didn't have Franken's name recognition or money.

[biermeister]

9. Ventura claims he was misquoted

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has exclusively told Prison Planet that an ABC News report which claims that Ventura will launch a run for the Senate is a “total lie” and a “flat out misrepresentation.”

www.infowars.com/?p=3212

I know- infowars.com is a bad bad site