(D) Wellstone in trouble in Minn Senate Race

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^

[hawaiian]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Paul Wellstone's campaign is struggling, getting support from just 42 percent of Minnesota voters, according to two recent partisan polls.

On Monday, national Democrats released a poll showing Wellstone, D-Minn., narrowly leading Republican challenger Norm Coleman by 42 percent to 40 percent.

Earlier this month, national Republicans released their own poll of Minnesota voters showing Coleman ahead, 49 percent to 42 percent.

The Wellstone campaign cites a history of close races, saying this is business as usual.

But two political analysts think the results spell trouble for the senator. Here's the full article

[Dick Bachert]

And those who operate on the blind faith that ANYONE who dons the label "Republican" is automatically a good guy -- without understanding his position on the issues -- isn't?

Wellstone BAAADDDDDD!

Anyone but Wellstone GOOOOODDDDDD.

Better learn what this new guy is about before getting all warm and fuzzy over him.

[metalurgist]

I put a sarcasm tag on my last reply, but it vanished.

The only way to beat your iron clad is to appeal to the other 50% and use wedge issues to peel 1 or 2% of the iron clad away or de-energize them to keep them sitting home on election day. An absolute purist can't accomplish this.

[Dick Bachert]

isn't = aren't in previous post.

[Nonstatist]

Nice post

As someone else has said: In the US coalitions are made before the elections, in Europe its after the elections. And your point about Johnson is very telling.. Johnson was the Dixiecrat southern conservative who socialized a huge chunk of the US economy. He only needed about a yr to do it, with a veto and fillubuster proof Senate. God help us if the Demosocialists ever had that again..

[richardthelionheart]

According to you its the end of the world as we know it. You think maybe the GOP has a shot at winning any senate seat. You think we can even take Idaho? According to you there moving left also!!!!!

[FryingPan101]

Yes! He says it's because he's "a thorn in the side of the administration." Whatever. Yes!

[InvisibleChurch]

even if he wins, as long as it is close he might help strain the demo-money machine, thus hurting other close races

[afuturegovernor]

without understanding his position on the issues

Exactly what issue do you what to know about that hasn't been covered on this thread already? Do you just fire you Rino-label ray-gun at every single Republican trying to win an election?

[afuturegovernor]

It's great that Democrats will have to waste money in Minnesota of all places.

[Minnesoootan]

Exactly,and it was the people fed up with the two parties that got Jesse there.

To add,it was the "outdoorsman" vote that helped also,rural MN isn't liking increased legislation on snowmobiles,atv's,guns and the animal rights terrorists etc. etc.,they see all that %^$& coming from the D side of the isle.

I hate polls,everyone I know is going R,and some of those people used to vote straight D no matter who it was for.If only everyone who is planning on voting Coleman would swing one or two lifetime DFL voters,this thing is in the bag.The Twin Cities got Dayton elected,I think St.Paul and upstate MN will help Coleman,the farmers are going to be the tough ones to convince....

[OldFriend]

I have to respectfully disagree on how Ventura got elected. The young numbskulls who watch WWF voted in droves. It helped too that he promised TAX RELIEF.

[Minnesoootan]

I agree with you slightly about the young vote,but was it a bad outcome? I believe no:we know Jesse can't get tax laws passed on his own and they just love to sideline him at the Capitol,having how many veto overturns?that tells me he is doing the right thin;he did get the auto license scam reduced,we got rid of emissions testing also and I have got some of my over tax back.As a single man,I'm happy witht he guy and would vote for him again!

But we aren't talking about Jesse,I'm just saying that the same reason ADULTS voted for him instead of Hubert Horatio Hornblower are the reasons they are going to vote for Coleman....and I believe Dayton got elected only because that was during the Presidential election.

[Greeklawyer]

does anyone know about all the other senate races?

[Theodore R.]

No, ID has been Republican since 1980, when they finally retired the liberal Senator Church, the one who investigated CIA abuses in the 1970s. But I think the Democrats still won the governorship there in 1982. The thing is when all is going well for Republicans, the bottom usually drops. There are few reliably Republican states compared to so many Democrat in-the-bag states. I'm speaking there of nonpresidential races. If I am not mistaken, I think Republicans out register Democrats in fewer than ten states.

[d14truth]

Couple of items for the 'Magic Bus' {;~)

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the heads up! };^D)

[fire and forget]

Hopefully someone else answered. I'm not up on it. Tend to only start fiending on that information when the elections kick off.

[oldtimer]

We have one running in Texas! Ron Kirk, former Mayor of Dallas (there was never a tax he didn't like) is running against the Attorney General (R) John Cornyn, and the rats have assembled a team to grab the usual furry face vote, plus Hispanics and AA's. Scary - we have our work cut out for us.

[mwl1]

Your comment is most astute. Coleman will cut into the Wellstone haven in St. Paul, where the little b_stard has built huge pluralities in past elections. This why the Wellstone people are especially frightened.

[RightOnline]

Boy oh boy.........am I ever gonna through y'all one HELL of a curve ball, especially considering the fact that I'm just to the right of Godzilla......................

Wellstone ain't a bad guy. Oh, I DO want him to lose. I do think he's a Socialist. I DO believe that he'd use the Constitution as wallpaper (but not toilet paper as his cohorts do on a regular basis). He has a heart.......and he has a brain, when he chooses to use it. I've seen him be VERY lucid of late, especially since 9/11. The little boy's growing up.

With that said, don't think that I'm forming a Wellstone Fan Club. I want him to be forcibly retired. Let 'im wear sport coats with patches on the elbows and teach at some little Minnesota college the rest of his days. I want a strong CONSERVATIVE in that seat.

I just won't join the chorus of "Wellstone......migawd, he's the ANTI-CHRIST!!!!"