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This week YouTube is highlighting user-generated video questions for Al Franken and Norm Coleman as part of their 2008 U.S. Senate campaign:
Check out the submitted questions and their responses on YouChoose2008.
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In multiple interviews today, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura hinted that he is considering joining the state's 2008 U.S. Senate race.
NPR, the AP, the Politico, the New York Times all have reports on his possible candidacy against Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
A recent poll shows Ventura would draw support from Franken, Coleman, and undecideds. Without Ventura, Coleman leads Franken 52-40. With Ventura, Coleman polls at 41%, Franken at 31%, and Ventura at 23%.
Then again, when Ventura was elected Governor in 1998, he was also polling in third.
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Nobel Laureate Peter Agre is exploring running for the U.S. Senate as a DFLer next year.
Joe at MNCR interviewed Dr. Agre yesterday. However, unmentioned by Joe is Dr. Agre's appearance on the Colbert Report.
Here's the video (Part One):
Part Two:
Also yesterday, a national blog claimed the DFL has done a poor job recruiting a candidate against Norm Coleman. In the current landscape, Peter Agre's candidacy might be looking rather attractive. Enjoy the Law and Politics Blog? Subscribe to our RSS Feed
In today's law and politics news:
Minnesota:
Trial lawyer Mike Ciresi enters the U.S. Senate race. Michael Brodkorp has some video from the announcement:
ThinkProgress reports on alleged flip-flops by Senator Coleman regarding his role in the appointment of U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose.
Nation:
McClatchy reports that the White House is demanding to see RNC emails before they are handed over to the House Judiciary Committee. This is likely to be a battle.
Politico has an interesting commentary on the technology divide between Republicans and Democrats.
Speaking of campaign technology, presidential candidate Duncan Hunter could use some major help with his emails.
And when campaign technology and marketing data collide, we find out that Obama supporters are obsessed with their Blackberrys.
