Al Wins DFL Primary!
Posted in From the Trail, News Clips on September 10th, 2008
Al Kicks off General Election at the Wellstone Center
As you may have heard on the news already, yesterday Al Franken became the DFL nominee for U.S. Senate. Thanks to everyone who voted for Al in the primary – and consider it good practice for Nov. 4!
Today, Al kicked off the general election with a speech at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center in St. Paul. Joined by Paul and Sheila’s son David, Al spoke about the choice Minnesotans face – between Al’s commitment to stay loyal to Minnesotans and Norm Coleman’s work for the special interests.
From the Pioneer Press:
At a rally at the Paul and Shelia Wellstone Center for Community Building on St. Paul’s west side, Franken summoned numerous Wellstone associations in the issues he highlighted and in choosing the late senator’s son, David Wellstone, to introduce him.
“Al’s a principled progressive who’s going to fight for the things that matter to us,” Wellstone said, adding he hoped Franken’s message would appeal to the same type of blue-collar and middle-class voters that helped propel Wellstone’s unlikely victory over a Republican incumbent in 1990.
In his speech before about 200 supporters, the former “Saturday Night Live” comedian and liberal satirist mixed economic populism and Barack Obama-like demands for change in Washington with a stinging rebuke of Coleman’s record.
“Norm Coleman’s not going to change Washington. Why would he?” Franken asked. “For Norm Coleman and his special interest friends, Bush’s Washington has worked just dandy.”
