Al Franken and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer have been battling for the DFL endorsement for what seems like forever. Al entered on 2/15/07 and Jack was rumored to be running as early as June, but he made it official in October of '07. They have been ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 04/25/2008 - 8:25pm - 51 comments - 0 attachments

I think we are finally seeing the result of all the bad news Al Franken has received over the last few months percolating through the MN voters. A Rasmussen poll from June 13th showed Norm Coleman leading Al 48%-45% which indicated the race was a d ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 06/28/2008 - 7:56am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... is in a statistical dead heat with Norm Coleman for the MN-SEN seat. The Rasmussen poll released today indicates Norm leads Al by 2 ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 05/27/2008 - 5:36pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

... a post up with a video from a Mankato forum in which the MN-SEN candidates answer the question Do you support the Employee Free Choice ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 12/03/2007 - 10:24pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The DFL candidates, Al Franken , Mike Ciresi , Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Jim Cohen , hoping to win the endorsement and defeat Norm Coleman will hold a debate right after Thanksgiving! Roosevelt High School 4029 28th Ave S Minneap ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 11/15/2007 - 7:14pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Mike Ciresi dropped out of the Minnesota Senate (MN-SEN) race today. It has become obvious that Mike's message just was not ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 03/10/2008 - 8:49pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments

Quite a few blogs are attempting to sell the idea that Al Franken already has the DFL nomination for Senate wrapped up, that he is now the inevitable candidate. Let's examine that idea for a moment. I question this conclusion, and I think it is act ...

Blog entry - Charley Underwood - 03/17/2008 - 11:43pm - 65 comments - 0 attachments

Today the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an article today entitled Playboy, junta tied to Senate hopefuls . This is further evidence of their lop-sided and disingenuous coverage of the Minnesota Senate race. The Strib failed to write about Norm's c ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 05/21/2008 - 7:18pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

The three Minnesota Senate (MN-SEN) DFL candidates appeared on KSTP's At Issue this morning. Host ... Health Boards. Here's the few straw polls on the MN-SEN race I talke about earlier. This is interesting because it agrees with ... what you say happened: Here's the few straw polls on the MN-SEN race I talke about earlier. This is interesting because it agrees with ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 02/11/2008 - 6:26pm - 15 comments - 0 attachments

While the focus Saturday at Wayzata High School was the MN-03 race, there was a lot of other things going on. In particular the Al Franken campaign was busy. They had a captive bunch of delegates to the state convention all just sitting there. Togeth ...

Blog entry - The Big E - 04/14/2008 - 9:48pm - 51 comments - 0 attachments