At top, a campaign ad aimed against Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman. At bottom, an ad criticizing Coleman's DFL challenger Al Franken. New ads in the race are coming out very quickly, and many of them are negative. (Ads courtesy of the Franken and Coleman campaigns)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
The ad war continues
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With less than 30 days left until election day, the negative ads and the attacks are coming fast and furious. Midmorning analyzes and fact checks the latest round of ads in the presidential campaign and the race for the Minnesota senate seat.
Guests
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Bill Adair: St. Petersburg Times Washington bureau chief and editor of PolitiFact.
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Clay Steinman: Professor of media and cultural studies at Macalester College, and co-author of "Consuming Environments: Television and Commercial Culture."
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Mark Zdechlik: MPR reporter.
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