No spin required: It’s the beginning of the end for Coleman

The numbers are finally starting to shift in the Senate race, and this could mean serious trouble for Norm Coleman. Franken has finally turned around a campaign that had some trouble in the beginning, with plenty of time remaining for the sprint to the finish.

Here’s an excerpt from the article at KSTP:

Coleman’s lead on Franken shrinking

Most political analysts have long thought Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race would be a close one. Norm Coleman has had a comfortable lead in many recent polls, but there’s evidence things are tightening up.

Republican incumbent Norm Coleman leads DFL challenger Al Franken by seven points, 46 to 39. Eleven percent chose “other,” possibly whomever emerges as the independence party candidate.

Coleman’s lead has shrunk by six points in the last month. This is great news for the Franken campaign, and I think we will start to see steady movement in the right direction. Franken is steadily gaining support from Democrats, but there is still a lot of room for growth. As his numbers continue to improve, more and more Democrats will fall in line. Where he still needs to improve is in support from independents. But Norm “W” Coleman can’t hide from his record, and now that Franken has begun to play offense, I believe he’ll start picking up independents.

In related news, I laughed and laughed and laughed at a late-night post on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Republican shill/press-release-poster Michael Brodkorb, spinning like crazy, wrote:

Team Franken will have some furious spinning to do tonight after the new Survey USA/KSTP poll was released. In a three-way race, Coleman still holds a statistically significant lead over Franken, while Franken still can’t break 40% of the vote.

This is my favorite conservative tactic: to hide your spin, claim that the other side will be spinning. There’s no spin required from an article entitled “Coleman’s lead over Franken shrinking.” Sorry Mikey, but Norm “W” Coleman is now in serious trouble.

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categories Election 2008, National | authorJeff Rosenberg | August 18, 2008





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  • By Mike, August 18, 2008 @ 5:45 pm

    Coleman at 49% other at 11%, do the math. Of course Coleman should not be ahead in this race, but most Minnesotan’s consider the US Senate more complicated then taxes.

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