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As if Al Franken didn't have his hands full already with incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota, he recently came under fire in a withering attack ad from fellow DFL member Priscilla Lord Faris. "It seems clear that his history of pornography, degrading women and minorities, and his questionable financial transactions will continue to be the focus of blistering Republican attack ads," she says in her own blistering attack ad (subscription).

The spot, which hit TV last week, ran for several days before Lord Faris decided to drop it. "I just didn't like the tone," she said in an interview today. "... I'm looking to change the tone to be a little more positive." She added, "In the meantime, Coleman takes it. I was pretty disappointed by that because I had pulled it."

Lord Faris was referring to Coleman's newest TV ad (subscription), which uses a clip of hers to criticize Franken as unsuitable for office -- "in the words of other Democrats."

But Lord Faris remains unapologetic about running the ads in the first place, claiming that Coleman's appropriation of her ad only proves her point that Franken can't win in the general election. "Minnesotans need to know there's an option, and I'm the option," she said. "So I called attention to some of the material that has been out long before I even got into the race."

For his part, Franken released two ads late last week. "Dr. Bob" (subscription) features a conservative Republican praising Franken's work to raise money to provide U.S. forces in Iraq with improved equipment; the second (subscription) attempts to parry concerns about his income tax record while criticizing Coleman for more serious ethical violations.