I'd just like to say that I'm on record as having said that Al Franken was a bad choice because he was so vulnerable, like over a year ago. There were better candidates available. Three at least
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I personally think Al Franken's problem was that he ran a paint-by-numbers campaign out of a desire to seem legitimate. If he had made more of an effort to distinguinsh himself as who he is, I don't care how many old ladies he offended, he'd turn out the mass of people who don't care about politics at all but like an interesting guy... y'know, Ventura voters.
And having listened to Nelson-Palmeyer talk, man do I have no interest in him being our Senator.
If he'd tried to let people know who he really was he'd have had to have run in California or New York, because even Minnesota doesn't much like a johnny-come-lately smart-ass.
I was part of a panel early in the election process (there were still five candidates just from the Democrats at that point) and I realized he was the most likely to get the nomination but probably the third most likely to beat Colemen. He was witty and smart,but had no idea what the real issues for Minnesota voters, especially liberals, were. That doesn't even count his HUGE downside... the fact that he would draw virtually no swing votes.
His only chance was that we, as a whole, hated Coleman enough and he could ride Obama's coat-tails into office. I was lucky enough to get one-on-one face time with the top five Democratic candidates, and he would have been fourth on my list of choices.
By the way, it's the fact that he alienated the Ventura voters, as you called them, that he didn't win by a landslide.
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And having listened to Nelson-Palmeyer talk, man do I have no interest in him being our Senator.
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I was part of a panel early in the election process (there were still five candidates just from the Democrats at that point) and I realized he was the most likely to get the nomination but probably the third most likely to beat Colemen. He was witty and smart,but had no idea what the real issues for Minnesota voters, especially liberals, were. That doesn't even count his HUGE downside... the fact that he would draw virtually no swing votes.
His only chance was that we, as a whole, hated Coleman enough and he could ride Obama's coat-tails into office. I was lucky enough to get one-on-one face time with the top five Democratic candidates, and he would have been fourth on my list of choices.
By the way, it's the fact that he alienated the Ventura voters, as you called them, that he didn't win by a landslide.
(note: the term "Obama's" still triggers the
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