Survey USA polling in late July has Coleman's approval rating in the negatives, with 43% approving and 48% disapproving. That's definitely near the incumbent dead zone.

However, Survey USA also found that Franken is either not veyr popular, or most people are taking his candidacy seriously. He's losing to Coleman in the poll.

Or, perhaps SurveyUSA polls just aren't that accurate...

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Although Franken has not formally announced (yet), he told Lou Dobbs on CNN a few days ago that he would be making the decision of whether to run or not with his family over Thanksgiving weekend. So the earliest possible announcement would be next week.

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Keep in mind that Norman Coleman sits in the United States Senate due solely to the tragic death of Sen. Paul Wellstone just weeks before the election. The Democrats put up Walter Mondale to run in Wellstone's place - they probably could not have done better just days before the election - but Coleman squeezed in. The thought of a mediocre, conservative Republican sitting on Paul Wellstone's seat is nauseating. Minnesota - and America - needs a worthy successor to Senator Wellstone in this seat.

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