Rasmussen

A new poll suggests Sen.-elect Al Franken would have trouble following President Barack Obama’s vault from a single Senate-election victory to the White House. Beyond that, it’s not clear why it matters that 44 percent of voters across the country have an unfavorable view of the Democrat or that 34 percent like him at least “somewhat.” [...]

Fifty-four percent of Minnesota voters want Norm Coleman to concede so Al Franken can take Coleman’s former seat in the U.S. Senate. That’s according to a new Rasmussen poll that also finds that 63 percent expect Franken to be seated eventually, whatever Coleman does.

In this week’s Rasmussen Poll, as in two previous ones, Minnesotans were asked if they’d be more or less likely to vote for a Republican presidential candidate if Tim Pawlenty were his wingman. Since the question first appeared, Pawlenty’s fortunes seem to have flipped: Last September, 38 percent of those polled said a potential “VP [...]