How hurt is Al Franken by this new financial problem? | Thread profile

when Rudy sent out the "good Jew/bad Jew" letter. I don't know if we can depend on Normie for that kind of help. But, the advantage Jack may have now that Paul didn't in the 1990 race is the netroots.

Had given up on the mainstream media. Who actually had the, um ... chutzpah to ask a relevant question?

They say Franken mistakenly paid all the taxes he owes in one state instead of 17 states as he was supposed to. He'll now pay taxes in all 17 states and then what he paid to one state he'll have reduced. It's a wash--some say. That's not to say the GOP mouthpieces won't spin it to make it sound like Franken is a tax cheat, regardless of what the facts are. And if it turns out that Franken is damaged goods, the right...

...facts are irrelevant. The spin is the only thing that matters. That's what makes it so difficult running as a Democrat; how do you campaign against an opponent who's party machinery cheerfully and frequently will tell half-truths and nothing but half-truths (at best). The blatant hypocrisy of MN GOP Chair Ron Carey blasting Franken for accounting problems, when the MN GOP has had nothing but accounting problems since at least...

Thats only my sense though... I thought that about Wellstone too. He was up against a nasty Republican too in Rudy Boschwitz. I think Al has been up front about it and will be fine.

The guy seems to convert everyone who hears him speak - and with the financial backing of the party, everyone would hear him speak. People are hungry for a truth-teller, and sick of Colemanesque weasel-wording. I agree that Al has been upfront about his finances and will be fine. On his accountant's advice, he paid all those taxes to his state of residence, instead of paying them in the many various states concerned. Now he's paid...

From http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1... / ------------------- We like to pile on political candidates as much as the next group of scribblers, but it seems that the tax problems of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken are a few billion dollars short of a juicy scandal. Perhaps we feel that way because one among our far-flung opinion-page staff once made the mistake of trying to pay taxes for an in-home...

That's surprising, considering it's the Pioneer Press. Maybe it's Opposite Month in the Twin Cities...

Franken isn't he only one with accounting problems But the state GOP has some bookkeeping issues of its own, problems that persist despite a yearlong, self-initiated audit. The party has spent some $78,475 on accounting services since early 2007, according to its reports to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Failure to fully disclose expenses, questionable transfers of funds, math errors and other reporting problems have been flagged...