Capitol View: November 1, 2008 Archive
The Daily Digest: 11-1-08
Posted at 7:10 AM on November 1, 2008
by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Daily Digest
The three major party candidates for U.S. Senate will campaign across the state today in the final weekend before Election Day.
Norm Coleman says "Stop Attacking my Family" and denies money was funneled to his wife. The Star Tribune says another lawsuit has been filed by shareholders and interviews the former CEO of the company. MPR, The Pi Press and AP also have stories.
MPR says businesses and unions are closely watching the race because of the Employee Free Choice Act.
The final U.S. Senate debate is Sunday evening.
3rd District
The Star Tribune profiles the race.
6th district
The Star Tribune profiles the race.
Race for President
Barack Obama and John McCain make their final push.
McCain criticizes Obama's recent comments on farming.
The two candidates differ sharply on ethanol.
Obama's Aunt from Kenya may be in the U.S. illegally.
McCain is forced to campaign in Arizona.
DSCC goes large - Coleman to go long
Posted at 7:18 AM on November 1, 2008
by Tom Scheck
(2 Comments)
I'm told that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee just placed another large advertising buy at the TV stations (in addition to the other buys I reported on). The source said the DSCC is spending another $350 thousand in the market to help Al Franken get elected
Meanwhile...
I'm told that GOP Sen. Norm Coleman has reserved time at all of the stations to run an unusual two minute ad on Monday night. The ad is scheduled to run at 6:58, right before Prime Time.
Coleman lashes back, Franken worries about boomerang effect
Posted at 5:07 PM on November 1, 2008
by Tom Scheck
GOP Sen. Norm Coleman lashed back at Democrat Al Franken and his "Democratic allies" for an ad that he says "goes after his family." Coleman retaliated with an ad of his own that criticizes Franken.
The latest developments come after Coleman's name surfaced in a lawsuit that alleges that a long-time donor and friend of Coleman was trying to funnel money to Coleman through his wife's employer. Coleman flatly denied any wrongdoing.
Here's audio from Coleman's interview with reporters.
Franken held a news conference in St. Paul to react to Coleman's latest ad. He said Coleman's accusation that he is somehow behind the whole thing is ridiculous.
How a bill becomes a law
Posted at 5:08 PM on November 1, 2008
by Mike Mulcahy
(1 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2008: U.S. Senate
A listener from St. Paul sent me this wondering how the Minnesota GOP (which paid for this flyer) could confuse the number of votes needed to end a filibuster (60) with the number of votes needed to override a veto (67).
Should we chalk this up to a last minute lack of proofreading or a poor understanding of the constitution? If the Democrats somehow end up with 67 Senate seats after the election that REALLY would be news!
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