Has "The Al Franken Decade" finally arrived? Comedian Al Franken out-raised incumbent Senator Norm Coleman in the 2nd quarter, reports show. Frederic J. Frommer has the details for the Associated Press:
Franken, a comedian-turned-candidate, announced Monday he had pulled in $1.9 million in the second quarter of the year, covering April through June. Last week, Coleman, R-Minn., said he had raised about $1.6 million in the period, and Democrat Mike Ciresi said he had raised $750,000.
* * * * *Coleman still enjoys a healthy advantage in cash on hand, ending the reporting period with $3.8 million, compared to just under $2 million for Franken and $625,000 for Ciresi.
According to Franken's campaign, more than 95 percent of his contributions in the last reporting period were $100 or less.
Read the whole story at the link above. It is extremely unusual for a challenger's fundraising to beat an incumbent's in ANY quarter, much less this early, because sitting Senators are money magnets. Contributors across the country lavish them with money.
The best news for Franken is the large number of small contributors. When you get large chunks from donors who give the maximum, you have to go out and find new donors to replace them next month. The small givers have a long way to go, and many of them will give another small donation, and another, and another - giving a campaign a ready-made source of new money down the road. This is similar to the advantage Obama enjoys over Hillary Clinton in the nomination race.
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Comments (5)
We all know why the nutty F... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Glenn Koons | July 11, 2007 3:26 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
We all know why the nutty Franken is challenging Coleman not only fiscally but politically. The RNC and the Senate GOP Martinez group is simply not getting any funds from disillusioned Gopers. Coleman has flirted with the Dems on Iraq. He is trying to be both a conserv-mod-lib that make up Minn.'s Farm Labor background. If Franken wins, the Tim Pawlenty group will be the losers too. Coleman has been a solid Senator and Franken simply stands for liberal defeatism and higher taxes. That Coleman cannot deal with that, is beyond my belief. But, remember, Minn. has some weird voters and they tend to be very independent as well as moderate-liberal. They may be fooled once again by liberalism and the GOP Senate will be down to around 40 reps.
1. Posted by Glenn Koons | July 11, 2007 3:26 PM |
Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2007 15:26
2. Posted by republicoids SUCK | July 11, 2007 8:15 PM | Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
I'd rather be "fooled once again by liberalism" than ever vote for a neanderthal republican.
These money-worshiping bible monkeys have been stinking up my lifestyle for going on 30 years.
I am embarrassed to be an amerikan.
fuck republicans.
2. Posted by republicoids SUCK | July 11, 2007 8:15 PM |
Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2007 20:15
3. Posted by bryanD | July 12, 2007 3:11 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
The beginning of the end of Norm Coleman, neocon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0m0dSUPR8&NR=1
3. Posted by bryanD | July 12, 2007 3:11 AM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 12, 2007 03:11
4. Posted by Jaded | July 12, 2007 11:33 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I would bet those small donor's are not voters they are the leftist from around the country and with that you may have money but you don't have votes. I will predict with 100% certainty that Al Franken will not win.
4. Posted by Jaded | July 12, 2007 11:33 AM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 12, 2007 11:33
5. Posted by Jeff in Kabul | July 12, 2007 1:07 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Danm, Al's making more money wishing he had someone to talk to than when he was on radio talking his head off to no one at all.
5. Posted by Jeff in Kabul | July 12, 2007 1:07 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 12, 2007 13:07