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Leaked Coleman data include trove of comments from Franken fans

By Chris Steller | 04.03.09 | 3:20 pm

Many of Norm Coleman’s online donors were angered last month to learn that the former senator’s campaign Web site had leaked a database with their credit card data. While a U.S. Secret Service investigation is pending, here’s a footnote to the affair: A second leaked database contained dozens of comments from fans of Coleman’s DFL rival, Al Franken.

Campaign ads: The Bush-McCain challenge

By Steve Perry | 05.28.08 | 9:13 am

MoveOn’s latest iteration of the McCain = Bush equation that they intend to pound for the duration of the campaign features more near-identical soundbites and the theme from the Patty Duke Show. Released on Memorial Day, it will air in…

Video: Winner of MoveOn “Obama in 30 seconds” contest features lifelong Republican

By Steve Perry | 05.12.08 | 1:12 pm

MoveOn’s celebrity jury has picked a winner in the organization’s public contest to create a 30-second ad for Barack Obama, and it’s a testimonial from an Air Force and self-proclaimed Republican named John Weiler. According to MSNBC’s First

Free Speech and the MoveOn Ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.25.07 | 1:24 pm

Betraying the Constitution: The 72 senators who voted to condemn MoveOn.org’s “General Betrayus” ad betray the Constitution’s protection of free speech, writes former Minnesota Monthly and Star Tribune magazine editor Leonard Witt in…