"Smalley" won't be smiling for long The Republican Senator appears ahead of all DFLers. Franken's tax woes seem to have weakened him, and he did as well as Ceresi.
by Kevin Diaz
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman holds a seven-point lead over his DFL challenger Al Franken, who appears to have been weakened by his recent tax problems.
A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll also shows that Mike Ciresi, the DFL trial lawyer who dropped out of the race in March for lack of support from his party's delegates, runs just about as strong against Coleman as Franken does.
Coleman enjoys a commanding 15-point lead over lesser-known Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, who is facing Franken in next month's DFL endorsing convention.
The telephone survey conducted last week shows Coleman attracting the support of 51 percent of registered voters, compared with 44 percent for Franken. In a hypothetical contest between Coleman and Ciresi, Coleman wins 51 percent to 43 percent. Against Nelson-Pallmeyer, Coleman's edge is 53 percent to 38 percent.
Franken's campaign is in the tank. Thanks to his workers' comp and tax evasion troubles as chronicled here , here and here. The Strib piece confirms this.
Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live" star known nationally for his satirical attacks against Republicans, goes into the summer with 39
percent of all poll respondents saying they have an unfavorable impression of him. That's higher than the 33 percent who view him favorably.
Michael Brodkorb of Minnesota Democrats Exposed is doing a wonderful job of keeping the heat on Franken for his lies regarding when he moved to Minnesota and how much he knew about both his worker's comp and tax troubles. Go to MDE for more information.
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