Compare and contrast

Al Franken released another television ad "The More You Know" this weekend. It compares and contrasts Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN). This kind of ad which talks about the issues is exactly the kind of ad that Norm and his friends at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Saint Paul Pioneer Press and KSTP don't want voters to hear. They want to keep the race about Playboy, secret union ballots and anything but Norm's record.

Do we want a Senator who's been bought and paid for by corporate lobbyists? Do we want a Senator who failed to investigate any of the Bush Administration's greed, incompetence, lawlessness and cronyism? Do we want a Senator who has rubber-stamped the Bush Administration's disastrous economic policies? Do we want a Senator opposed to real healthcare reform? Do we want a Senator like Norm who we can count on when it doesn't matter?

When you frame the questions this way, the answer is "No." But Norm's friends in the media don't want to talk about it in these terms. Watch how the media frames this race ...