Can a Candidate Conquer by Creating Class Confusion?

Norm Coleman has a lot going for him that Al Franken does not. He lives in a city [ours] while Franken has demonstrated his enmity toward city people by living in a suburb. [I know, Al was raised that way, but city people who vote for suburbanites generally do themselves disfavors.] Coleman has experience that Franken lacks and has demonstrated that he can get big things done. [Whether they ever needed to be done is another matter. Think of Lawson Commons.] He has spent his adult life here. He did not move here specifically to seek office.

Of course, Franken has things going for him also. He’s smart and likely would be in the majority caucus. He is not a lawyer. These really should all be thought of as big plusses.

CCM is not endorsing a candidate yet and may not ever. But it should be noted that despite the advantages that he has that Coleman’s use of the intentionally misnamed “Coalition for a Democratic Workplace'” to slur Franken really cannot be justified. It is very misleading, although Coleman will claim that they are not the direct lies a viewer might reasonably infer and that they are “independent” spots. Remember, “legal ethics” is an oxymoron.]

If enacted, the Employee Free Choice Act would not take anybody’s secret ballot away. Although some observers doubt that it will be coming for a vote in the next Congress, Coleman and his management cronies have decided to pounce on this non-issue.

And using this issue as a wedge does Norm no glory.

A Minnpost article on the matter can be found here.
A labor-friendly description of the Employee Free Choice Act can be found here.