A new NBC/Mason Dixon
poll has Norm Coleman beating Al Franken by 6 points while
Rasmussen shows him up by 4, on the heels of an apparently
strong debate performance last Thursday.
Another poll by Minnesota Public Radio has Franken up by 4,
but polling for that started on October 24, and thus any surge by
Coleman this week would be diluted. Of course, you can't dismiss
the potential strength of
Obama's coattails in Minnesota.
In other good news for Republicans, after looking competitive for
awhile, it seems like Republicans
Mitch McConnell and
Saxby Chambliss are pulling away in Kentucky and Georgia,
respectively.
But the public polls are still
looking grim for John Sununu in New Hampshire, and Kay Hagan
seems to be
building a lead over Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina.