Former Sen. Norm Colman (R-Minn.), who now heads the conservative 501(c)4 group American Action Network that shares an office building with Karl Rove-brainchildren American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, is drawing some flack back home for reneging on his previous support for banning soft money in politics and his More…
This morning, our Minnesota colleague Paul Schmeltzer noted that a conservative attack line that the coverage of Ted Kennedy’s death would be a “Wellstone memorial on steroids” had “taken off, with pundits on Fox, MSNBC and conservative media piling on.” This afternoon, Ben Smith filed More…
Well, sort of. During the 2008 Senate campaign, Al Franken would often tell a story about Paul Wellstone — who was five-foot-five and perpetually wired — egging on his son to finish a race. Franken would jump up and down, shaking his arm, stage-yelling “You can take this guy! You More…
Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback:
The conventional wisdom, fueled by an AP report today, is that he’d be a logical candidate and likely front-runner to succeed Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) in the governor’s mansion.
I More…
In the wake of yesterday’s Minnesota three-judge panel court decision that ratified Al Franken’s Senate victory, I see that the InTrade price for “Norm Coleman to win” has dropped to 2. This is confusing. Hasn’t Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the process is ongoing in Minnesota? Haven’t other More…
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