Fired Up!

NO . . not about the latest poll showing Franken with the lead:

The latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll shows DFLer Al Franken at 39 percent to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's 36 percent. Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley was the choice of 18 percent of likely voters.

Now, ScaifeNet will get all up in arms about the MN Poll and its leanings, but anything they say will have to contradict almost every other poll, sans the outlier Survey USA numbers. They also show things tightening, but with a Coleman lead.

Both the SUSA and MN Poll had about 10 point leads for each candidate, and both polls have tightened to where the other numbers have been at. Trends clearly show this race is no longer Coleman's to lose, as much as it is Franken's to win:

Star Tribune
10/16 - 10/17 1049 LV 39 36 18 Franken +3
SurveyUSA
10/16 - 10/18 655 LV 39 41 18 Coleman +2
Research 2000
10/15 - 10/16 600 LV 41 39 18 Franken +2
Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP
10/08 - 10/12 1019 LV 38 36 18 Franken +2
Rasmussen
10/07 - 10/07 500 LV 43 37 17 Franken +6
Minn. Pub. Radio
10/03 - 10/05 418 LV 41 37 14 Franken +4
Star Tribune
09/30 - 10/02 1084 LV 43 34 18 Franken +9
SurveyUSA
09/30 - 10/01 725 LV 33 43 19 Coleman +10

OK, now where was I, Oh yeah . . Fired Up . . . I turned on the furnace last night *grin*

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