Comments on: The Al Franken Senate campaign: How to sit still in the polls — and win http://minnesotaindependent.com/14348/the-al-franken-senate-campaign-how-to-sit-still-in-the-polls-and-win News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dlinguist http://minnesotaindependent.com/14348/the-al-franken-senate-campaign-how-to-sit-still-in-the-polls-and-win/comment-page-1#comment-15775 dlinguist Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:23:39 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=14348#comment-15775 I think vote-splitting is one of the most interesting phenomena in a two party system. When candidate A would win against candidate B but in comes longshot candidate A2. When the voter sees it as A2>A>B and thus votes A2, increasing the probability that B wins... like I said, interesting. Wonder if Immelman might have the same effect on the Bachmann/Tinklenberg race? Or will the history of Write Ins bear out. I think vote-splitting is one of the most interesting phenomena in a two party system. When candidate A would win against candidate B but in comes longshot candidate A2. When the voter sees it as A2>A>B and thus votes A2, increasing the probability that B wins… like I said, interesting. Wonder if Immelman might have the same effect on the Bachmann/Tinklenberg race? Or will the history of Write Ins bear out.

]]> By: Dave Kliman http://minnesotaindependent.com/14348/the-al-franken-senate-campaign-how-to-sit-still-in-the-polls-and-win/comment-page-1#comment-15707 Dave Kliman Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:36:17 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=14348#comment-15707 Barkley is the true conservative running for senate in MN. All I had to hear in the last debate was that Antonin Scalia, one of the most right leaning justices on the supreme court was Barkley's model for a perfect Justice and i knew he would be a loyal conservative, voting with the Republicans most of the time. So it makes sense that the most educated conservatives realize that and are going with Barkley, who is more libertarian and less into the kind of crony politics that drives Coleman. Barkley is the true conservative running for senate in MN.

All I had to hear in the last debate was that Antonin Scalia, one of the most right leaning justices on the supreme court was Barkley’s model for a perfect Justice and i knew he would be a loyal conservative, voting with the Republicans most of the time.

So it makes sense that the most educated conservatives realize that and are going with Barkley, who is more libertarian and less into the kind of crony politics that drives Coleman.

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