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From The Hotline for Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

MINNESOTA

The Passion Of The Al

Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008


Entertainer Al Franken (D) is up with a new TV ad by Shorr Johnson Magnus. Full script "Why":

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9/18/2008 Frontpage

White House 2008

  • 1 GENERAL ELECTION: Yes, We Can Go Negative Too
  • 2 MCCAIN: Supersize Me
  • 3 OBAMA: Bail Enforcement Agent Wanted
  • 4 PALIN: There's A First Time For Everything
  • 5 BIDEN: I'll Bash You Good!
  • 6 NADER: Bayouing His Time
  • 7 THE ECONOMY: He's Only Got Two Minutes To Save The World
  • 8 DIAGEO/HOTLINE TRACKING: Out Of This Statosphere
  • 9 DAILY KOS TRACKING: Survey Says...
  • 10 CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES: Making A Turn To The Left
  • 11 GALLUP TRACKING: Back On Top
  • 12 IPSOS/MCCLATCHY: We Don't Want Anyone's Feelings To Get Hurt
  • 13 QUINNIPIAC UNIV.: I Don't Have Any Opinions Anymore
  • 14 2008 SCHEDULES: All My Friends Know The Low Rider

White House 2008 -- The Battleground States

  • 15 STATE SPENDING: Where Did Everyone's "50 State Strategy" Go?
  • 16 THE WEST: Go West, Young Man
  • 17 COLORADO POLL (9 EVS): The Air Is Thin
  • 18 FLORIDA POLL (27 EVS): Like Kissimmee Sister
  • 19 FLORIDA (27 EVS): Registration Versus Turnout
  • 20 INDIANA POLL (11 EVS): Luk-Warm Reception
  • 21 INDIANA (11 EVS): Hoosier Only Ad Buyer?
  • 22 IOWA (7 EVS): Lost In The Flood
  • 23 MISSOURI POLL (11 EVS): Meet Me In St. Louis
  • 24 MISSOURI (11 EVS): Praise The Lord And Pull The Lever
  • 25 NEVADA POLL (5 EVS): Pahrumplestiltzkin
  • 26 NEVADA (5 EVS): Don't Roll The Dice
  • 27 NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL (4 EVS): Don't Touch The Bonfire
  • 28 NEW MEXICO POLL (5 EVS): Crescit Eundo
  • 29 NORTH CAROLINA POLL (15 EVS): Raleigh Time
  • 30 OHIO POLL (20 EVS): With Love From Red To Blue
  • 31 OHIO (20 EVS): Absentee Controversy
  • 32 VIRGINIA POLL (13 EVS): Made A Lightning Trip To Vienna
  • 33 VIRGINIA (13 EVS): Hampton Roads To Victory
  • 34 WISCONSIN POLL (10 EVS): Ann Arbor Here We Come
  • 35 WISCONSIN (10 EVS): I'm Sorry, We Have No Record Of A "Fonz" Registered In Milwaukee

White House 2008 -- Other State Updates

  • 36 ALABAMA POLL (9 EVS): A Competition You Can't Cancel
  • 37 ALASKA POLL (3 EVS): Look Mom, It's Vladivostok!
  • 38 ARKANSAS (6 EVS): Cutting (Razor)Back
  • 39 ARIZONA POLL (10 EVS): I Went From Phoenix, Arizona
  • 40 DELAWARE POLL (3 EVS): I Want A Nic-O-Boli
  • 41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLL (3 EVS): Oh, I Wasn't Aware We Mattered
  • 42 GEORGIA POLL (15 EVS): That's A Peach, Hon!
  • 43 HAWAII POLL (4 EVS): Hilo, Not LiLo
  • 44 IDAHO POLL (4 EVS): You Say Potato, I Also Say Potato -- Just Differently
  • 45 ILLINOIS POLL (21 EVS): My Kind Of Town, Chicago Is
  • 46 KANSAS POLL (6 EVS): Sunflower Seed
  • 47 KENTUCKY POLL (8 EVS): Knobb Bleak
  • 48 LOUISIANA POLL (9 EVS): When the Levee Breaks
  • 49 MAINE POLL (4 EVS): Augusta And Everything After
  • 50 MISSISSIPPI POLL (6 EVS): They'll Laugh At You In Jackson
  • 51 MISSISSIPPI (6 EVS): A Delta Change?
  • 52 MONTANA POLL (3 EVS): Schweitzer On My Side
  • 53 NEBRASKA POLL (5 EVS): Children Of The Corn
  • 54 NEW YORK POLL (31 EVS): There Are People Out There From The New Yorker Magazine!
  • 55 OREGON POLL (7 EVS): On The Trail
  • 56 RHODE ISLAND POLL (4 EVS): Reed My Lips,
  • 57 SOUTH CAROLINA POLL (8 EVS): Wake Up, Drink Coffee, Read The State
  • 58 TEXAS POLL (34 EVS): Even Leads Are Bigger Here
  • 59 UTAH POLL (5 EVS): Halt At Alta
  • 60 WEST VIRGINIA POLL (5 EVS): Almost Heaven
  • 61 WYOMING POLL (3 EVS): Super Duper Wy

National Briefing

  • 62 CONSULTANT SCORECARD: Some Momentum
  • 63 CONSULTANT CANDIDS: New Kid On The Block
  • 64 BLOGOMETER: Partisan Warfare

Senate 2008

  • 65 BATTLE FOR THE SENATE: Look Who's Got A Spring In His Step
  • 66 ALASKA: For The Pipeline And Old Pilots
  • 67 COLORADO: Wait, Is He "Silent Bob" Or "Big Oil Bob"?
  • 68 GEORGIA POLL: Sax Drive
  • 69 LOUISIANA: You Can Run, But You Can't...
  • 70 MASSACHUSETTS: Fighting Harder Than The Sox Do For The Pennant
  • 71 MINNESOTA: The Passion Of The Al
  • 72 MISSISSIPPI: Stuck Here With The Ballot Blues Again
  • 73 NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL: Now She Is In It To Win It
  • 74 NEW HAMPSHIRE: This Issue Isn't Going Anywhere ... (Unlike Your Money)
  • 75 NEW MEXICO POLL: Valley Of The Udalls
  • 76 NORTH CAROLINA: Dr. Seuss For NRSC Chair!
  • 77 NEBRASKA: It's Not Hard To Stand In Such A Flat State
  • 78 OKLAHOMA: Still, That Cake Looks Pretty Yummy
  • 79 OREGON POLL: I Dream Of Eugenie
  • 80 OREGON: Documenting The Undocumenteds
  • 81 SOUTH DAKOTA: Give Me 20CCs of Intensity, STAT!
  • 82 TENNESSEE: Al Tuke To That!
  • 83 TEXAS: Putting Aside Politics (For Just A Little While)
  • 84 VIRGINIA POLL: He's Got Nextel

Governor 2008

  • 85 NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL: Oh My God! They Killed Kenney!
  • 86 VERMONT POLL: Pollina Polling Poorly
  • 87 WASHINGTON: Not The Place To Move To In An Economic Downturn
  • 88 WEST VIRGINIA: Where Even Prospective Governors Aren't Proud Of Their State

People

  • 89 THE CLINTONS: Thanks, But We Already Had A Shot And A Beer For Breakfast
  • 90 CARTER: These Documentariennes Are Nothing But Trouble
  • 91 BYRD: He Still Does All His Own Constitutional Stunts
  • 92 LEAHY: Sounds Like A Job For Batman
  • 93 DE LA GARZA: Ex-Rep, Wife Hospitalized After Wreck
  • 94 FLYNN: Ex-Mayor, Vatican Ambassador Collapses
  • 95 EDWARDS, E.: Move Along, People - There's Nothing To See Here
  • 96 MCCAIN, M.: Larry King Probably Has A Few Ideas
  • 97 THE GLAMOR SET: Look At Me! I'm Ordering Bunting From A Doublewide!
  • 98 POLICE LOG: This Guy's Like Billy Carter and Roger Clinton Rolled Into One
  • 99 NEWS BAZAAR: Political Analysis Jumps The Shark

Media Monitor

  • 100 MEDIA MONITOR: This Morning

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