It's been an intense summer and fall in Minnesota, as Republican incumbent Norm Coleman tries to use everything he can come up with to fend off Democratic challenger Al Franken. Given Franken's past as a satirist for SNL and as an author of many sharp books criticizing conservatives, Republicans in general have been trying to dig up anything close to a character flaw in Franken and hope the old technique of repeated distortions becoming accepted truth will stick.
Here's the good news, according to today's Minneapolis Star Tribune:
DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken has moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.
The survey, conducted Tuesday through Thursday by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among 1,084 likely Minnesota voters, shows Franken leading Coleman 43 to 34 percent.
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