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- Loveland

The Powerless Puppeteer

I had to wait until Governor Jesse Ventura’s sidekick Dean Barkley formally filed his papers to run for the Senate before I could post this, lest I be the one accused of prompting Jesse to enter Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race. I wouldn’t want that on my conscience.
Well, it now [...]

Franken Questioning the Question

The embattled Franken for U.S. Senate campaign is fielding questions today about survey findings showing that Mr. Franken’s tax problems make most Minnesotans less likely to support him (59%). Half (51%) say he should withdraw from the race. Tough stuff.

In a Strib online story, the Franken campaign officials said the survey is “deeply [...]

Premature E-Accusation?

We knew taxes would be an issue in the Minnesota U.S. Senate campaign. But some of us hoped to be reading stories about the tax evasion of the wealthiest 1% of Americans who were handed Bush-Coleman tax cuts, not tax evasion of the Democratic candidate.

Yes, “evasion” is too strong of a word. “F*** [...]

Normy the Beer Man?

In the marketing world, it’s called extending the campaign. You take a message delivered at a 50,000 foot level, usually via broadcast ads, and then employ PR tactics that bring that message down-to-earth, where the target audience can touch, feel and experience it.
Or even get a buzz off of it.
Steve Novick, a candidate [...]

Just Words, Part II

The F word versus the W word.
That might sum up the Coleman-Franken race, if that is the Minnesota U.S. Senate race that ultimately materializes.
Senator Coleman is already gleefully spotlighting Al Franken’s raunchy rhetoric to prove that the professional comedian and talk radio jock is insufficiently Minnesotan and “Senatorial.”
Of course, Coleman has words [...]