Oct 4, 2008 5:08 pm US/Pacific
Gore Campaigns For Senate Candidate Franken
MINNEAPOLIS (CBS) ―
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"I know that the middle class is the engine of prosperity. We all do better, when we all do better," said Franken.
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Democrats brought in a heavy hitter Saturday to raise money and enthusiasm for Al Franken: Former Vice-President Al Gore.
"It's time to kick them out of there and have a change, and start putting our country on the right track again" said Gore in front of a crowd of DFL supporters at the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium.
But according to a new poll, Franken may not need the high-profile push. The Star Tribune Minnesota poll shows Franken ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 9 percent.
The Coleman campaign calls the poll flawed.
"The breakdown of the poll, 42 percent Democratic, 26 percent Republican. No surprise the Democrat's gonna be in the lead when you have that kind of breakdown," said Mark Drake, Communications Director for the Norm Coleman Campaign.
Coleman supporters point to another poll this week that shows the Republican ahead by 10 points.
The Franken campaign says voters are blaming Coleman in part for the economic mess on Wall Street.
"I know that the middle class is the engine of prosperity. We all do better, when we all do better," said Franken.
The Star Tribune Minnesota poll suggests voters are tired of attack ads. More than half of those surveyed considered ads critical of Franken mostly "unfair personal attacks". Just over 40 percent said the same of commercials critical of Coleman.
"Al Franken is the last person who can complain about attack ads. Look at the record. He's called his political opponents human filth, every swear word in the book," said Drake.
Independent Dean Barkley's campaign is encouraged by the newspaper's poll numbers.
"Minnesotans want something better from Congress, not more of the same Washington games Norm Coleman and Al Franken have played over the past 18 months of campaigning. Polls released this week prove this race is still wide open," said Christopher Truscott, Barkley Campaign spokesperson.
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