Former Gov. Jesse Ventura (I-Minn.) is hinting at a U.S. Senate run again.
As Larry Jacobs notes in the story, his timing may be right … again. As much as I am a fan of DFLer Al Franken, he has higher than average negatives for a challenger. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) has higher negatives and is running in a bad year for Republicans. Ventura also has high negatives but I’ve got a hunch that his biggest fans are the folks who don’t like Coleman or Franken. My gut says Ventura in the race hurts Franken first, but Franken and Coleman equally if Ventura gets above 20 points. Unlike 1998, Franken and Coleman have a better grip on their respective bases now than Humphrey and the same Coleman did then.
Point is, I’ll go on the record and say that Ventura in this race makes it very, very unpredictable, more so than it already is.
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