Al Franken might be starting to recover politically from a damaging story about his taxes, with a new Rasmussen poll showing him locked in a dead heat with Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) for this top-tier Senate race in a blue state. The new numbers, compared to a month ago:

Coleman (R) 47% (-3)
Franken (D) 45% (+2)

Sample size: 500 likely voters.
Margin of error ±4%

Franken's poll numbers took a serious hit after he agreed to pay over $70,000 in back taxes to all the states where his businesses had been active, after having paid taxes on that income only to states where he was living. While the movement in the latest poll isn't definitely significant, it is nevertheless a potential sign that he's climbing his way back up.