COLEMAN LAUNCHES BITTER PERSONAL ATTACKS IN FIRST AD OF 2008

01/18/2008

Without a positive record to tout, Coleman resorts to dirty campaign


Norm Coleman launched his 2008 campaign today with a bitter negative ad attacking DFL primary candidate Al Franken. Both Franken and Mike Ciresi released ads in the past two weeks promoting their vision for the future, and Coleman’s negative reaction video shows that instead of offering his ideas, he plans to wage the type of slash and burn campaign that has been rejected by Minnesotans in the past.

“It is a sign of desperation that when both Democratic candidates for Senate are on the air with positive commercials about their visions for the future, Norm Coleman has decided to launch the first negative attack ad of 2008,” DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller said. “Norm Coleman doesn’t have a plan to lower health care costs, change direction in Iraq, or address Minnesotans’ economic concerns, so instead he’s launching bitter attacks five months before a Democratic nominee has even been chosen. It’s sad that after five years in the Senate, the only thing Norm Coleman has to offer the voters of Minnesota are harsh personal attacks against Democrats instead of his own vision for the future.”