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Thursday, January 31st, 2008In response to a stinging critique from U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's campaign, Al Franken's communications director, Andy Barr, sent out a statement to bloggers that Al Franken "does not advocate for 'tax increases.'" This statement is false. At the Twin West Chamber debate on October 5, 2007, Franken advocated for a gas tax increase: "And [...]
BREAKING NEWS: CIRESI BREAKS WORD ON SELF-FUNDING CAMPAIGN, DONATES OVER $500,000
Thursday, January 31st, 2008According to press reports, Mike Ciresi has donated $516,000 to his U.S. Senate campaign: "Washington (AP) — DFL Senate hopeful Mike Ciresi donated about a half-million dollars to his campaign, but was still out-raised by rival Al Franken in the last reporting period. Ciresi, a wealthy trial lawyer, donated $516,000 to his campaign in the [...]
LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM: IRON RANGE AND SIERRA CLUB ENDORSEMENT EDITION
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Team Coleman has caught Team Franken in a lie about Franken seeking the endorsement of the Sierra Club. "Asked for a response, Tom Erickson, a spokesman for Coleman’s Senate campaign, called Franken’s attacks 'distractions from his own flawed policies of tax increases, government-run health care and support for the anti-mining Sierra Club, whose endorsement [...]
COLEMAN’S APPROVAL RATING ABOVE 50% FOR THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH IN SURVEY USA POLL
Thursday, January 31st, 2008According to polls released by Survey USA, Senator Coleman's approval rating has remained above 50% for the last three months. Click here for the latest results from Survey USA. Coleman receives a positive grade from 59% of independents, up from 51%. Despite the negative attacks from Democrats, Coleman's approval rating is above 50%. It's also [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “C.J.: FOLKS WERE UPSET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AFTER COLUMN ON FRANKEN”
Thursday, January 31st, 2008"It's shocking how much time so many people have to fire off e-mails. After writing about DFL Senate candidate Al Franken's satire gone wrong — to put a nice face on it — at Carleton College recently with student Peter Fritz, I was confronted with screens full of e-mails screaming the name Franken." Source: Star [...]
NELSON-PALLMEYER STAFFER DISCUSSES CONCERNS ON AL FRANKEN WINNING DFL ENDORSEMENT
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008This is brutal: "Meantime, Larry Weiss, political strategist for Nelson-Pallmeyer, says he's hopeful, too. 'Wherever Jack speaks, he wins people over,' Weiss said. 'There are a lot of people looking at the perceived front-runner (Franken) and saying, 'My God, if he wins, he'll get torn to shreds.'" Source: Source: MinnPost, January 30, 2008 Click here [...]
MINNPOST ARTICLE CLAIMS CIRESI, NELSON-PALLMEYER CAMPAIGNS ENJOYING CJ STORY ABOUT FRANKEN; OPERATIVE ABOUT FRANKEN: “SEE, HE CAN’T CONTROL HIMSELF”
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008"The three DFLers have been hammering at each other for months. Of course, each of the campaigns 'slips out' unkind things about the other campaigns. For example, operatives for both Nelson-Pallmeyer and Ciresi are taking considerable delight in the item in CJ's Star Tribune column about Franken having an immature moment with a young Republican [...]
CIRESI HAMMERS FRANKEN ON “MIDDAY”; CIRESI SAID “I DON’T CALL PEOPLE NAMES”
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Mike Ciresi's appearance on MPR's "Midday" program yesterday was very interesting. Ciresi hammered Franken, calling into question his judgment and accusing Franken of flip-flopping. Ciresi came very close to questioning if Franken was electable. The "electability" issue hasn't been formally raised by Ciresi's campaign, but I wouldn't be surprised if they begin to raise the [...]
DESPERATELY SEEKING CIRESI’S FEC REPORT
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Mike Ciresi's campaign hasn't released their year-end fundraising numbers for 2007. Their report must be postmarked by tomorrow. Based on Ciresi's recent ad buy, I'm curious to find out if Ciresi broke his pledge and donated money to his campaign. ### This post also appears on Blogs for Norm!, an online community and blog covering [...]
EDWARDS TO END CAMPAIGN; I WAS MINUTES AWAY FROM AN “MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES”
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I was about to post an "MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES" about a faithless DFL elector casting a ballot for John Edwards for President in 2004 in Minnesota when I heard he was ending his campaign for president. I think it was Frank Simon who cast the ballot for Edwards.
VIDEO OF AL FRANKEN TALKING ABOUT POSTS ON MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS EXPOSED #2
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008I spoke to numerous Democrats today about the video I posted showing Al Franken talking about posts on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Many thought Franken was unaware that he was being filmed. But I told them that I had been informed by sources that Franken was told before he spoke at the Stonewall DFL meeting that [...]
CIRESI’S CAMPAIGN TRIES TO CASH IN ON OBAMA’S SUCCESS IN MINNESOTA; AD TAKES SUBTLE SHOT AT FRANKEN FOR SUPPORTING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Mike Ciresi's campaign has released a new campaign commercial featuring Congresswoman Betty McCollum. In the press release on Ciresi's website announcing the new ad, Ciresi's campaign mentions that McCollum is co-chairing Senator Obama's campaign in Minnesota: "U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN), a four-term congresswoman who serves as Senior Whip and a member of the powerful [...]
COLEMAN CAMPAIGN RELEASES WEBVIDEO ABOUT COLEMAN’S WORK WITH ADOPTION CASES
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's campaign has released a wonderful webvideo about Coleman's work with adoption. Please visit Blogs for Norm! for the details. It's a great webvideo.
CIRESI ON “MIDDAY†ON MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Mike Ciresi is on "Midday" on Minnesota Public Radio from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Depending on the discussing, I may have a few posts about his appearance. UPDATE: Ciresi really went after Franken. I'll have a post up later today about Ciresi's appearance on "Midday." ### This post also appears on Blogs for Norm!, [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “STRUGGLING EDWARDS STUMBLES INTO MINNESOTA”
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding John Edwards' visit to Minnesota. "As his angry message of class warfare continues to fail, John Edwards today brings his fading campaign to Minnesota. Unfortunately for Edwards, Minnesotans aren’t going to support a desperate candidate who will say anything to [...]
VIDEO OF AL FRANKEN TALKING ABOUT POSTS ON MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS EXPOSED
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008This is a video clip of Al Franken speaking at the Stonewall DFL candidate screening on January 19, 2008. Franken mentions posts on Minnesota Democrats Exposed (Franken refers to "MDE"), specifically my post about Al Franken mocking gay people with a joke about Elton John. I’m not sure why Franken is complaining about Republicans [...]
COMING SOON: VIDEO OF AL FRANKEN TALKING ABOUT POSTS ON MDE
Monday, January 28th, 2008A dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed sent me a video clip of Al Franken talking about the posts on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. I'll have the video posted later tonight or tomorrow morning.
LTE ASKS BONOFF TO STOP “SWIFT-BOATING” ASHWIN MADIA; BONOFF’S CAMPAIGN CLAIMING MADIA “HAS NEVER HAD A REAL JOB”
Monday, January 28th, 2008Over the last two weeks I have been hearing rumors that State Senator Terri Bonoff’s campaign has been telling other Democrats in the 3rd CD that one of Bonoff’s rivals, Ashwin Madia, has never had a real job. According to a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed, the letter below was sent to the Star [...]
NELSON-PALLMEYER WINS TAKEACTION MINNESOTA STRAW BALLOT, BEATS FRANKEN 54% TO 41%
Monday, January 28th, 2008The members of TakeAction Minnesota are the foot soliders of the progressive movement in Minnesota. Nelson-Pallmeyer beating Franken by 13 percent is no small feat. "Members of the progressive TakeAction Minnesota organization opted for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in a Sunday straw poll over his rivals, Al Franken and Mike Ciresi. [...]
CIRESI TELLS BRAINERD DISPATCH THAT FRANKEN HAS “…VERY, VERY HIGH NEGATIVES”
Monday, January 28th, 2008"When asked to differentiate himself from Franken on the issues he said he has a much better and comprehensive understanding of the health care system and has a track record of getting things done. He declined to speculate whether Franken's sharply worded statements and opinions before his candidacy would make him a weaker candidate against [...]
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