former US Senator Dean Barkley (IP) - 14%

[Bradley in DC]

MINNESOTA (SurveyUSA): Humorist Al Franken (D) - 41%, US Senator Norm Coleman (R) - 40%, former US Senator Dean Barkley (IP) - 14%

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

This is a nice spike for Barkley, and encouraging since third parties seem to benefit from the nastiness of the two major candidates at levels lower than Presidential. For MN Ron Paul supporters, either Dean Barkley or James Niemackl (Constitution Party candidate) are the only real choices for Senate.

 

[SovereignMN]

Barkley is pro-abortion and advocates publically financed campaigns. I don't trust him not to expand the scope of government. I'm voting Niemackl.

 

[MRoCkEd]

Barkley is pro-abortion and advocates publically financed campaigns. I don't trust him not to expand the scope of government. I'm voting Niemackl.

So the second bill I will introduce in the U.S. Senate will be to provide a “clean money” option
for candidates to get elected. The plan is actually quite simple: every eligible and registered
voter in the United States would be entitled to a $100 voucher they could give to the federal
candidate of their choice. Candidates would then have to go back to their districts and convince
their constituents to give them the vouchers to finance their campaigns, not get it from special
interest fundraising in Washington.

That's interesting.

He's really good on most issues though.

 

[poorboy]

i will be voting for barkley. never for the other two candidates- traitors.

 

[muh_roads]

I have to vote for the guy who has the best chance of taking out Coleman. Barkley rocks but I just can't press the button for him. Franken has no past that I dislike. Maybe in 4 years I'll vote to replace Franken if he wins. But for now Coleman has proven he is terrible and he really has to go.

EDIT: Maybe I don't know enough about Franken now that I think about it. Does he think the Iranians are a threat? Does he advocate troop repositioning or troop WITHDRAW? How much does he reflect Obama's foreign policy which I can't stand?

 

[Juvenal]

You would have to wait 6 years to vote Franken out of office. I haven't seen or heard much about his foreign policy other than wanting to extradite us from Iraq.

I think the philosophy of Dean Barkley on public financing of campaigns is wanting to put all parties on a level playing field, which I can understand, but I'm not ken on the idea of government spending on campaigns to elect themselves to government...that said, he's still better than two of the people he's running against.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

New polls just out:

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S604026.shtml?cat=1

Barkley is up to 19%, and Coleman leads by 10%. If Barkley can get poll into the mid twenties in another week or two and does well in the debates, he might have a shot at winning this seat (or at least being a contender in a three way race).

 

[TruePatriot44]

Barkley did great in the debate tonight. Sounded like I was listening to Ron Paul every time he spoke.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Last night's debate on Almanac had Barkley giving some very Ron Paulian lines on foreign policy. He isn't perfect, but it definitely shows that Ron Paul's influence is alive and well. Ron Paul said at the Rally for the Republic that a true Revolution would be felt in all political parties. Well, in Minnesota we can count the Independence Party of MN as one more where his ideas are seeping in.

 

[muh_roads]

You would have to wait 6 years to vote Franken out of office. I haven't seen or heard much about his foreign policy other than wanting to extradite us from Iraq.

I think the philosophy of Dean Barkley on public financing of campaigns is wanting to put all parties on a level playing field, which I can understand, but I'm not ken on the idea of government spending on campaigns to elect themselves to government...that said, he's still better than two of the people he's running against.

Right, 6 years...oops.

Well I pulled the lever for Barkley. Looks like MN is getting a recount now.