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FRANKEN CLOBBERING CIRESI 42% TO 18% AMONGST DFLERS IN MPR POLL
By Michael B. Brodkorb | February 1, 2008
"It shows Coleman beating DFLer Mike Ciresi by five points. And it gives Coleman double digit leads over the two lesser known DFL contenders; Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Jim Cohen who dropped out of the race Friday.
'We were very surprised by how far ahead Al Franken is of Mike Ciresi and the rest of the campaign,' said University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Professor Lawrence Jacobs, who directed the poll.
He said it shows right now Franken has a dominant lead over the other Democrats." Source: MPR, February 1, 2008
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9 Responses to “FRANKEN CLOBBERING CIRESI 42% TO 18% AMONGST DFLERS IN MPR POLL”
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February 1st, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I take that with a grain of salt, since the people polled are mostly not the same folks who will be delegates to the state convention.
How else can you explain the GOP endorsing Quist over Carlson? I would assume that in a head to head match-up Carlson should have had a huge lead over Quist in the polls.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:37 AM
From Michael’s link:
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As for Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, his approval rating came in at 50 percent. Jacobs said that’s not particularly bad for Coleman, considering he hasn’t spent much time campaigning.
Although Coleman’s 50 percent approval rating represents an improvement from other polls taken last summer, he trails Minnesota’s relatively new DFL Senator on the question. 66 percent of those polled gave Amy Klobuchar favorable marks.
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…not particularly bad…”
“not particlularly bad” still means “bad”.
Stick a fork in him; ol’ Smokescreen’s done.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Did the Poll also happen to mention how Franken would do against Coleman?
Just curious. . . . . . .
Huh?
I didn’t hear that Brodkorb.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:46 AM
According to M(oo)N(bat)Publius, the MPR poll isn’t fit to use as toilet paper.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:05 PM
It has Coleman at 40% to Franken’s 43%, which is a statistical tie.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Little Pudd, blah blah blah, same old crap, different day man.
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Yes, that poll did say that Franken would beat Coleman (though in a statistical dead head). I was surprised Ciresi didn’t do better.
50% approval rating, combined with a surly base (which is clear from the chattering on right wing blogs), suggests that Norm Coleman is in trouble – even against Franken.
It’s also not the case that Coleman hasn’t been campaigning hard.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 PM
So TwoPutt, you still wearing that cheesy fishing hat and carrying the anti-war sign to veterans events?
February 4th, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Say, Mona, er, ‘scuse me, “dogbreath”, I don’t own a “cheesy fisHing hat.”
You’re gettin’ a reputation of bein’ as wrong almost as often as yer hubby, Mayor Maybe.