Word is traveling fast that Republicans plan a concerted challenge to ballots cast in minority communities Tuesday and beyond. It would appear that the success of stealing the Florida vote in 2000 has emboldened a party now accustomed to victory by disenfranchisement.
This, combined with an unprecedented public relations campaign for Norm Coleman and Tim Pawlenty, launched by an angry and embarrassed local media cartel overreacting to a single speech at the Wellstone Memorial has made the power play by the right wing in Minnesota a transparent reality. Witness the extraordinary overkill on Coleman coverage in print and broadcast, including the exclusion of major party candidates other than Mondale and Coleman on MPR and KARE11 Monday evening. MPR is using its own polls to siphon off two major candidates when the margin of error would otherwise qualify them for inclusion. We are in dangerous, dangerous times, even in "clean" Minnesota. The dirty tricks game is afoot. Andy Driscoll The Driscoll Group/Communications Writing/Graphic Design/Political Consulting/Communications Strategies 835 Linwood Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105 651-293-9039 / 651-492-2221(cell) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
