I agree with you 100%!

I live in the 5th District and I’m gonna cross-over on Tuesday and vote for Lord Faris.

She may not win but it would make Franken look bad is she were to take 30-40% against him.

My job is to make the Democrats look bad. In fact, it should be all of our jobs – on Tuesday September 9th.

You are correct on no write-in. I guess that increases Barb Davis White chance of winning the primary from 99.999999% to 100%!

Here is a new motto: “Democrat for a Duce” meaning being a democrat for the two minutes spent filling out the primary ballot. With preparation you can hold your breath for as long as it takes to fill out this ballot. I know it’s tough to vote democratic but your only “Dem for a duce”.

You can then tell Liberal/Progressive/Democrats that you are open minded and have, on occassion, voted for a democrat.

My top three:

1) Gloria Wise rip-off.
2) Lie to Minnesotans about when he moved to MN.
3) Audacity to think he could pull this farce off by buying DFL party off.

It’s for their own good.

Right; Porn-O-Rama’s rollin’ in cash.

Just ask the poverty striken kids from the Gloria Wise children’s charity who unwittingly gave up their hot lunches to support that wonderful human being and icon of the Democrat party: Al Franken.

Right; Porn-O-Rama’s rollin’ in cash.

Just ask the poverty striken kids from the Gloria Wise children’s charity who unwittingly gave up their hot lunches to support that wonderful human being and icon of the Democrat party: Al Franken.

I see a republican vote for Lord Faris as “feel good” because even if Al wins the primary I would get two chances to vote against the DFL machine and the worst candidate in history.

it doesn’t matter, if you do it, your ballot will be spoiled.

Doing nothing also solves nothing. Do you know what else does nothing? “Solutions” that cannot generate even 20 percent of our energy needs.

The Democrat’s response to the energy crisis is two-fold 1) Our current standard of living is too high, and must be lowered; and 2) Our cost of living is too low, and must be increased.

Have no doubts, the “change” Democrats want us to vote for is a return to the 1930s, with all it’s socialism and Great Depression glory.

Doing nothing also solves nothing. Do you know what else does nothing? “Solutions” that cannot generate even 20 percent of our energy needs.

The Democrat’s response to the energy crisis is two-fold 1) Our current standard of living is too high, and must be lowered; and 2) Our cost of living is too low, and must be increased.

Have no doubts, the “change” Democrats want us to vote for is a return to the 1930s, with all it’s socialism and Big Depression glory.

Leroy, you presume that voters even take the time to think (reference to your first comment). If voters thought, they’d realize that the economy was avoided by the republicans at the convention, that there’s no hope in the GOP, that drilling solves nothing (and that the people promoting drilling are the ones getting rich off of oil already!), and they’d look for alternatives. Instead, they cheer and wave “Drill, baby, drill” signs, and put bumper stickers saying “Drill here, drill now, pay less”. They vote for republicans.

Conclusion- voters are morons.

She may not win but she has certainly has a lot of class.

I can see the republican crossover as being substantial based on the way she handles herself.

I take the over.

Other than that, nothing else matters. If you think this isn’t true, ask anyone who the two people were who ran against Wellstone in the last primary. One is easy, one, not as easy. I give mad props to anyone who can recite the names without use of the internet (or referring back to the second post on this thread).

You are good. Best spinner on this site for sure.

Give me any odds on Al vs. PLF?

Of course Norm has more cash on hand. He has been raising cash for six years. That is the primary perk of incumbency. But when you look at the margins, you will see that the cash on hand advantage is shrinking as Al’s fund raising grows, and more and more people abandon Norm.

THIS is why Minnesotans love Al. He has taken the benefit of incumbency away from Norm by raising cash like he has. And so in the final few weeks when the battle intensifies, Al will have swelling support and plenty of cash on his side while Norm will have a bunch of attack ads and no record of accomplishment on which to campaign.

I’m really starting to like Al’s odds.

This is for you.

http://www.looktruenorth.com/elections/2008-us-senate-race/123-2008-us-senate/4612-video-al-franken-is-not-this-person.html

Did you know any of this?

Anyone can vote in any party primary but you can only vote in one primary. If you are against Al Franken, Lord Faris is your choice and anyone can vote that way regardless of your past voting history. No one knows which party you vote in. No records are kept.

In Minnesota there is no “registration” of party affiliation. To use my sample ballot linked in comment #26 on the “partisan” first part you can only vote in one party, for example Lord Faris and if in the 5th district, the Dem that Ellison is running against.

Again, you are not asked about party affiliation when you receive your ballot and the balloting is secret. The liberal/progressive/democratic bloggers speculated at voting for Jack Shepard when it looked like “Angry Al” would be running without significant opposition.

Turnabout is fair plat

Leroy, as to fundraising, I think Al has less than half the on-hand cash that Norm does and that his fundraising has had the highest overhead of any senate candidate in the nation.

I think Al is actually hiding from the press and the scrutiny. He ought to take himself out of his own commercials. Really looks out of place. He isn’t genuine.

While I appreciate new voices in politics, perhaps you would be better served to watch an election or two before coming up with grandiose statements that have no tether to history or reality.

Despite all the republicans (and Prissy) have thrown at him, Al continues to climb in the polls, and this shows in his fund raising. A lesser candidate would have dropped out months ago. Al has shown the national democrats that he has what it takes to win, and with Norm now starting to slip, I don’t think anyone is going to back down on this race just because Prissy gets a few republican votes.

Like hell you can’t. The party you’re registered affiliated with has no bearing whatsoever on which primary you cast a ballot in.

I’ll enjoy casting my ballot for Lord Farris. You gonna try to stop me, Ziggy d.s.?

Wellstone a sitting United States Senator would be better compared to Norm Coleman’s take. Will he get at least 90%.

If you want to make it analogous, find a challenger that has run commercials and a leading candidate that has taken as many shots as Franken and didn’t drop out.

Beyond that, on my sample ballot (for perusal below) the partisan race is pretty dull. Keith X Hakeem (or whatever Kieth Ellison calls himself nowadays) has an opponent, while the the Republican nominee Barb White is unopposed.

This is a link to my district, the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis but the state and national offices would be the same throughout MN. I’m sure good conservatives are open minded enough to vote for a democrat under the right conditions.

Check out the sample ballot link.
http://www16.co.hennepin.mn.us/voterinfo/ballot.pdf?id=hc_elec_ballot010009000009&munic_nm=Minneapolis%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&w=0009&p=000009

In all seriousness though, Leroy’s probably right. As far as we know Al Franken has, by now, paid his taxes.

Does Norm have a secret he wants to share?

If Norm keeps his head above the 40% mark he has nothing to worry about but if the winnable alternitive comes from outside the DFL the motivation for Republicans to reward the liberal Coleman may not be there.

If Uldrich is polling above 15% before the final debate things will get crazy.

If a guy that doesn’t pay taxes gets even 2 thirds of the DFL primary vote that tells me everything I need to know about where the DFL is today.

(I wanted to get in on the baseless speculation game y’all are playing)

Franken can’t get 20% of his base, mostly women. He has a lid that won’t move because of the behavior issues. Many will go to Barkley before Coleman. When someone has a severe problem with a candidate like Franken, they will not hold their nose and vote. Franken has too many of those. That is why I see him as permanently flawed to too many dems and why he cannot win.

The over under for Franken should be about 72, I’ll take the under

If that is the case, aren’t you also slamming Norm pretty hard, as they are currently tied in the polls?

1) Franken didn’t debate Prissy because there was nothing to debate. To the letter, her positions EAACTLY MIRROR Al Franken’s positions on EVERY ISSUE. She has staked out positions on like three issues, and with each one, she is the same as Al Franken. So, the debate would melt down to Prissy whining about how she is not Al Franken, and Franken taking the credit he deserves for ALL of her political positions.

2) Faris was against the war from the beginning? How? Did the Sunfish Lake City Council take a roll call vote on the war? Did she make her opinion known to anyone outside her immediate family in Oct. 2002? This is just funny.

3) Faris ranking among her peers? What is this, some new widget on Facebook? 83 percent of her friends like her? Franken DID buy off the DFL. He spent the better part of the past three years attending fund raisers for state house and senate candidates statewide, helping them win their elections and take back the house. There are a lot of legislators who owe a great debt of gratitude to Al Franken. And while he was doing this, Prissy was sending Al campaign contributions.