Wheels off Franken Campaign: Low approval numbers, high negatives, and way behind on cash reserves!!

The Franken campaign continues to take two steps back only to stumble forward. Ventura polling well and taking support from Franken shows what a poorly put together campaign this has been from the start. Even Democrat observers are now getting off the band wagon as the wheels come off.

They never "vetted" Franken which should have been the first thing his campaign manager did. His colorful past as a comedian should have been released and researched months ago. He will continue to remain off message and bleeding. There are no signs of any change in strategies or real apologies and he continues the same campaign "war" strategy. Sound familiar?

Out in rural Minnesota there is not a lot of buzz about Franken like there was with Klobuchar. It is the same buzz I heard after we had the impersonal Mark Kennedy come through prior to the start of that Senate race.

It means you are in trouble if your last name is Franken and I predict a Senator Coleman victory by 7 points minimum.



Poll: Coleman has strong lead with or without Ventura candidacy
StarTribune: Last update: June 16, 2008 - 11:23 PM

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura would trim support from both Sen. Norm Coleman and Coleman's DFL challenger, Al Franken, if he were to enter the U.S. Senate race, a Survey USA poll has found.

The poll of 700 Minnesota adults, taken last week, showed Coleman winning a three-way match over Franken and Ventura. Forty-one percent of poll respondents said they would support Coleman, compared with 31 percent for Franken and 23 percent for Ventura. The margin of error on that question was plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

If Ventura doesn't enter the race, 52 percent said they support Coleman and 40 percent said they were for Franken. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Ventura has said he is considering running. The deadline for filing is mid-July.

The poll also tested how things might change if former Senate candidate Mike Ciresi entered the race and beat Franken in a primary election this fall, thereby becoming the DFL candidate. Under that scenario, Coleman had 41 percent, Ciresi 28 percent and Ventura 26 percent, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Before he dropped out of the race in March, Ciresi said he would abide by the party's endorsement, which Franken won earlier this month.