Franken bypasses Coleman as voters react to attack ads

[kikiek]

DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken has moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

The survey, conducted Tuesday through Thursday by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among 1,084 likely Minnesota voters, shows Franken leading Coleman 43 to 34 percent. Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley is supported by 18 percent of respondents.

Franken’s lead is outside the poll’s margin of sampling error, plus or minus 3.7 points.

For Coleman, there is little good news in the poll. The number of voters who view him unfavorably continues to grow, the number who see him favorably is falling, and his job-approval rating has slipped to 38 percent — his lowest ever in the Minnesota Poll.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/30451119.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Good. Norm "The Weasel" has gone way too far with his nasty advertising.

Glad to see it backfiring on his ugly ass.

[dodger501]

2. Shouldn't this be a lesson to McCain as well?

They are plotting a series of viscious attacks against Obama.
I don't think it's going to work as well as they hope. Look at what it got him during the last debate

[kikiek]

3. I agree. McCain won't do well here with that strategy.

[dflprincess]

4. I hope the 18-34 age group actually gets out to vote

According to the breakdown in the paper, they're split 60% for Franken, 23% for Coleman.

[kikiek]

5. Yeah however they figure the likely voters I hope they are right. I think the young ones do love him

though, and will show up for both. I wonder if they figure the cell phone only crowd in that.