Franken/Coleman photo finish: Was Al one Moorhead fish fry short of a Senate seat?
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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If Al Franken ultimately loses the U.S. Senate race to Norm Coleman by roughly 700 votes, as the tally currently stands, he might find himself lamenting that there wasn’t time for just one last trip to Moorhead before the campaign came to a close. Why might the Democrat have found electorally useful a final effort to supplicate and beg before the residents of the Red River Valley?
Consider these results from Senate District 9, which includes parts of Becker, Clay, Wilkin and Traverse counties. In the presidential contest Barack Obama carried 55 percent of the vote there, a rather remarkable showing when you consider that President Bush won the area by large margins in both 2004 (9 points) and 2000 (12 points).
Clearly these folks were, in political parlance, persuadable for Franken. But he failed to tap into this blue current flowing through the Red River Valley. Franken lost to Coleman by a 47-40 percent margin in the area. If the DFL’er had been able to shave even a third of that lead off in Senate District 9 he’d be the one wishing there was a state law prohibiting recounts.
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Comment posted November 5, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
Here are some people who think Norm is just swell.
“IAPAC Ends 2008 Cycle with New Slate of Candidates
11/04/2008
Washington, D.C. – Concluding its 2008 election cycle activities, the Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), today announced its support for new slate of candidates for the U.S. Congress, including: Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Congressman John Mica (R-7th/FL), Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th/PA), Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-47th/CA), and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-10/VA).
IAPAC is the registered bipartisan connected PAC of the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), which contributes to candidates for public office who are attuned to the domestic concerns of the Iranian American community. IAPAC focuses exclusively on domestic policy issues such as civil rights and immigration, and encourages Americans of Iranian descent to actively participate in the American electoral process. “
Comment posted November 5, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
None other than Tim Pawlenty was saying on Election Eve that Obama should have come to Minnesota to help out with close congressional races. See this post:
http://minnesotaindependent.com/16130/tim-pawlenty-to-rachel-maddow-on-msnbc-im-available
Also, speaking of Moorhead, could Todd Palin’s campaign stop there have had some weird suppressing effect on Franken? The clue might lie in these Mnindy posts:
http://minnesotaindependent.com/13636/todd-palin-and-me-day-two-on-the-t-pal-caravan
http://minnesotaindependent.com/14046/mnindy-video-mccain-supporter-says-obama-is-a-tiny-bit-african-american-is-steering-country-to-socialism
http://minnesotaindependent.com/13755/mnindy-video-palin-fans-saw-a-subdued-first-dude-in-minnesota
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