SUSA Says MN-06 Tink up +3!
What an amazing week!
Incumbent 1st Termer (r) Rep Michele Bachmann goes from skating to a 2d term to being on the ropes hoping the polls are wrong.
Update #5 Bill's got his daily upate on this race up now. Good stuff as always.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
We start out with your average race where the Incumbent 1st Termer (r) Rep Michele Bachmann is pretty much coasting to a 2d term.
There's certainly some well documented push back
( http://bill-prendergast.dailykos.com/ )
but the polling isn't looking all that promising.
MN-06--P.O.S. (R): Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) 44%, El Tinklenberg (D) 33%, Others 8%
Then our friend Michele decides to go absolutely apesh*t on national TV with a McCarthy-esque rant
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Much diary-ing commences.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Her rant curled even Colin Powell's teeth.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Almost simultaneous with 'the rant', we get some polling that Tink is already starting to pull closer to Michele.
Grove Insight for the DCCC. 10/10-12. Likely voters. MoE 4.9%
Bachmann (R-inc) 42
Tinklenberg (D) 38
Three things then happen in rapid succession:
- The world, led by what appears to be the Netroots kicks in about $700k into Tink's campaign.
http://www.tinklenberg08.com/
- DCCC themselves smelling some blood in the water kicks in another $1MM to help Tink take this seat.
- And we get news on Wednesday that the NRCC has decided it can do without pissing away any more money on what may now be a lost cause.
http://www.politico.com/...
And now tonight, the hammers keep coming for Michelle:
SUSA doing a poll for local teevee station KSTP has Tink up 3 pts
Tinklenberg: 47
Bachmann: 44
Linkey later if I can find one...I plucked this off the broadcast.
Wow, just wow. All I can say is Go Tink!
Linky Update:
http://www.surveyusa.com/...
Update #2
Tink's New ad that you, the Netroots paid for making and airing:
Thanks to davidkc for the embed...
Update #3
My first Rec: Thanks folks! And thanks to all the Netroots folks who are making it possible to remove this blight from Minnesota!
Update #4
Just so you all know. I just now (11:05pm CT) saw the new Tink ad that ya'll paid to make and run on KSTP here in Minneapolis/St.Paul . It's live and in rotation!
Update #6
Hah! The DCCC ad just came up at 11:30. Blames Michele for the financial crisis. :-)