Just another day in the Senate race.

Posted at 8:27 AM on June 29, 2006 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)

National Review online writer John J. Miller has changed the rating of the Minnesota Senate race to "toss-up" status.

In March, he had it rated "Likely Republican Takeover."

Meanwhile, Rasmussen Reports has new Minnesota numbers out. Unfortunately, Minnesota is behind the "premium content" firewall at Rasmussen. But Kennedy vs. the Machine reports it's 47% Klobuchar and 44% Kennedy; within the margin-of-error.

Maybe it's me, I haven't "spreadsheeted" the polls in this race, but the numbers don't seem to be moving in this or other polls. Rasmussen in January had it 43-42 Klobuchar. In February, it was 45-42 Klobuchar. In April -- or maybe it was May -- it was 45-43 Klobuchar.

Rasmussen has a very high margin of error -- 4.5% -- so who knows. Still, it sounds like a lot of people have made up their mind in this contest, and a healthy number don't seem all that interested yet.

Maybe the State Fair will determine the winner.

Comments (2)

Perhaps! We could get a tug of war going between the two campaign teams - - or perhaps how many barrels of ethanol can they stack in an hour!

Posted by blankout7 | June 29, 2006 12:59 PM

I'm guessing Robert Fitzgerald would win the ethanol barrel stacking contest. He has little experiance with barrels of ethanol, but I imagine they wouldn't be much different then the vegtable oil barrels he runs his campaign bus on.

Posted by Mike Grimes | June 29, 2006 3:22 PM

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