Monday, October 13, 2008

Negative doesnt't work with 'Minnesota nice'

Norm Coleman is declaring a peace-time with opponent Al Franken for the next two weeks, which has MSNBC's FirstRead.com wondering if Coleman's hand has been forced because of the extensive negative ads being run in the state at the presidential level. Coleman's involvement in Minnesota politics has been almost unquestioned for decades, and now is running an increasingly tight race against Franken. Could the presidential race be hurting Coleman's campaign? Watch his numbers in the next couple of weeks to see if his new strategy helps.

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