2008 Minnesota Senate Debates: Coleman, Franken, & Barkley
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from 2008 MN Senate Debates (number of quotes indicated):
- Al Franken (5)
- Dean Barkley (4)
- Norm Coleman (3)
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Budget & Economy
Al Franken: Opposed $700B rescue package; it only helps Wall Street.
Dean Barkley: Greatest malfeasance in economic history on GOP’s watch.
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Education
Al Franken: $5,000 tax credit to help people pay for college.
Dean Barkley: Tax credits for college is just pandering; we’re broke.
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Energy & Oil
Al Franken: Tax credits for wind-power, not for oil companies.
Norm Coleman: Helped pass wind-power tax credits for energy independence.
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Environment
Dean Barkley: Worked as a tobacco lobbyist.
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Principles & Values
Norm Coleman: Experience needed to forge deals about real problems.
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War & Peace
Al Franken: Astounded anyone would still believe Iraq war is good idea.
Al Franken: Build schools in Afghanistan to keep them from Al-Qaida.
Dean Barkley: Fight conditions in Afghanistan that breed terrorism.
Norm Coleman: The surge in Iraq succeeded; failure isn’t an option.
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The above quotations are from 2008 Minnesota Senate Debates: Coleman, Franken, & Barkley.
Other 2008 Senate debates:
- Interviews with Senate candidates (OnTheIssues SenateMatch series)
- Senior Citizens League Guide (Senate questionnaire on retirement topics)
- Scientists and Engineers for America Guide (Senate questionnaire on science & technology topics)
- Business Industry Political Action Committee (Senate questionnaire on business topics)
- Political Courage Test (Senate questionnaire on general topics)
- Citizens for Global Solutions (Senate questionnaire on international topics)
State-by-state debates:
- AK: Sen. Ted Stevens (R, incumbent) vs. Mayor Mark Begich (D)
- AL: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) vs. State Sen. Vivian Figures (D)
- CO: Rep. Mark Udall (D) vs. Rep. Bob Schaeffer (R)
- GA: Georgia Democratic primary debate
- IA: Sen. Tom Harkin (D, incumbent) vs. Christopher Reed (R)
- ID: Gov. Jim Risch (R) vs. Rep. Larry LaRocco (D) vs. Rex Rammell (I)
- IL: Sen. Dick Durbin (D, incumbent) vs. Dr. Steven Sauerberg (R)
- KS: Sen. Pat Roberts (R, incumbent) vs. Rep. Jim Slattery (D)
- KY: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R, incumbent) vs. Bruce Lunsford (D)
- LA: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D, incumbent) vs. John Neely Kennedy (R)
- MA: Sen. John Kerry (D, incumbent) vs. Jeff Beatty (R)
- ME: Sen. Susan Collins (R, incumbent) vs. Rep. Tom Allen (D)
- MN: Sen. Norm Coleman (R, incumbent) vs. Al Franken (D) & Sen. Dean Barkley (I)
- MS: Sen. Roger Wicker (R, incumbent) vs. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D)
- NC: Sen. Liddy Dole (R) vs. State Sen. Kay Hagan (D)
- NE: Gov. Mike Johanns (R) vs. Scott Kleeb (D)
- NE: Nebraska's Brand of Change, by Scott Kleeb
- NH: Sen. John Sununu (R, incumbent) vs. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
- NJ: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D, incumbent) vs. Rep. Dick Zimmer (R)
- NM: Rep. Steve Pearce (R) vs. Rep. Tom Udall (D)
- OK: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R, incumbent) vs. State Sen. Andrew Rice (D)
- OR: Sen. Gordon Smith (R, incumbent) vs. State Rep. Jeff Merkley (D)
- SD: Sen. Tim Johnson (D, incumbent) vs. Joel Dykstra (R)
- TX: Sen. Jon Cornyn (R, incumbent) vs. Rick Noriega (D)
- VA: Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) and vs. Gov. Mark Warner (D)
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