07/21/2002 Archived Entry: "FL GOV; MN Senate"

OK, so Janet's Dance Party was a PR bonanza, but still, Mr. McBride has raised over $1 million more than Ms. Reno, whose war chest before Friday's event had dwindled to $200,000. There's a reason why Murphy and Harris showed up on behalf of Bush and the GOP. They want her to beat McBride. There's a reason why the GOP is out there attacking McBride, GOP: Teachers' McBride ad illegal, and not Reno, they want Reno to win.

ITT's has one of the best articles out on the MN Senate race, which has dropped to number 4 in the new Senate 2002 rankings. As Targeted by the White House, Paul Wellstone may face his toughest race yet points out, the IP Party will be much more damaging to Coleman than will the Green Party to Wellstone:

In a close race, a couple thousand votes could be very important. But Dan McGrath, executive director of Progressive Minnesota, expects Wellstone to lose few votes to the Greens. “There’s not a greater leader for progressive issues than him,” he says. “I think a lot of Greens will be pulled that way.”

far bigger wild card could be Jesse Ventura’s Independence Party. Ventura will not run for re-election this year, but former conservative Democratic Rep. Tim Penny will run for governor, giving a potential boost to the party and its neophyte Senate candidate, a banker named Jim Moore, who will probably draw more votes from Coleman than Wellstone. “The Independence vote might be gravy for Wellstone,” McGrath says. “They might be conservative or independent-minded folks, as well as some civil libertarians, who might otherwise go with Republicans for economic reasons. That’s a liability for Norm.”

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Also watch for Brad Henry in oklahoma. he is gaining ground on Orza and if he could get some momentum after the primaries could pull an upset in November with a third party candidate being the spoiler for Largent

Posted by Derrick @ 07/21/2002 06:05 PM PST