Rasmussen poll: slight lead for Coleman

Sen. Norm Coleman leads Al Franken by a 43-39 percent margin, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll. Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley garnered support from 14 percent of those surveyed. The Republican’s lead is within the poll’s 4.5 percent margin of error. In two previous polls this month, Rasmussen found Franken to have leads of four and six percentage points.