Franken In, Poll Predicts Thumping
Polls like this should be taken with a grain of salt the size of Detroit, but a quick little poll taken by one of the Minnesota television stations shows Al Franken getting stomped by Norm Coleman. It is far, far too early to take a poll like this seriously, of course. But the amazingly unfunny comedian faces a serious uphill battle at this point. (And, no, I never thought he was funny even before he began displaying his political leanings openly).
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman would win easily if he ends up facing comedian Al Franken in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race in 2008, according to an exclusive 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS/SURVEY USA poll.
The popular comedian announced that he would seek the seat Wednesday on the last episode of his radio show.
The poll shows Coleman getting 57 percent of the vote and Franken getting 35 percent.
The poll also looked at a possible matchup between Coleman and attorney Mike Ciresi, who is also expected to seek the DFL nomination. Coleman also wins that match by a margin of 57 to 34.
The margin of error on the poll is +/- 3.9 percent; 632 registered voters were polled on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13.
That all said, I will repeat what I have said before about Franken. He has repeatedly gone to Iraq with the USO and entertained the troops (and reportedly has kept his performances apolitical). He is, I think, one of the few really sincere people who say they support the troops even though they oppose the war.
By Lars Walker, Thursday, 15 February , 2007 @ 1:29 pm
I question the description “popular comedian” to describe Franken. Maybe in the reporter’s neighborhood.
That said, the thought of having Franken for my senator at the same time that I have Keith Ellison as my congressman is one that gives me nightmares.
By Quilly Mammoth, Thursday, 15 February , 2007 @ 2:34 pm
That 35% of people would vote for Stuart Smalley is scary.
By Blackhawk, Thursday, 15 February , 2007 @ 7:50 pm
“That all said, I will repeat what I have said before about Franken. He has repeatedly gone to Iraq with the USO and entertained the troops (and reportedly has kept his performances apolitical). He is, I think, one of the few really sincere people who say they support the troops even though they oppose the war.”
Concur. I saw him once on Letterman after one of these tours, and he kept those parts of the discussion apolitical as well.
Still wouldn’t vote for him,though.