Mondale ads negative [didn't take long, did it?]

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National News MONDALE ADS ‘NEGATIVE' By DEBORAH ORIN

November 1, 2002 -- Just hours after Walter Mondale launched his Senate bid to replace the late Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) and vowed a positive campaign, his labor allies went negative with a harsh radio attack ad against GOP rival Norm Coleman, Republicans charged.

The ad blasts Coleman over the NAFTA free-trade deal, claiming "it sent thousands of good-paying Minnesota jobs to China and Mexico," according to a text released by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The text says the steelworkers paid for the ad.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee confirmed the attack ad was taped but said it wasn't supposed to air. Republicans said a Coleman supporter taped it from a broadcast. Mondale supported NAFTA, as did Coleman.

Mondale, 74, has a small lead as the new race starts.

Mondale spoke in a low-key voice with a tiny bit of a quaver on Day 1, and agreed to one debate on Monday, election eve.

Coleman - who'll get a campaign boost from President Bush on Sunday - did a Minnesota fly-around for the second day in a row, urging supporters, "Give me everything you've got."

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2002

Answers

Same thing Bowles is saying about Dole. Nobody's mentioned she's never had any influence over any vote for or against NAFTA.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2002

it's to be expected. Especially if Peter is wrong about the memorial service.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2002

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