Another Former Pro-Coleman Paper Calls For Him To Quit

[struggle4progress]

By Eric Kleefeld - April 20, 2009, 12:11PM

Another local newspaper in Minnesota is calling upon Norm Coleman to concede, after having endorsed him in the 2008 election. This time, it's the Bemidji Pioneer:

... The public perception at this point appears not to be one of letting Sen. Coleman fully seek redress of his legal grievances, but rather one of obstructing the Democrat-controlled Senate to prevent it from reaching that magic number of 60 votes. Adding Mr. Franken would mean 59 Democrat votes in the Senate. To continue to obstruct doesn't bode well for Minnesota, nor for Sen. Coleman's career, should he continue in politics.

Similar calls have come from at least two other papers that endorsed Coleman in 2008: The Albert Lea Tribune and the Worthington Daily Globe. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/another-former-pro-coleman-paper-calls-for-him-to-quit.php?ref=dc3

[trotsky]

1. Coleman has burned his bridge to ever seek elected office in MN again.

But he doesn't care, because he's always been a tool doing what his masters tell him to do. I'm sure he's been promised a nice cushy lobbying job or some other "think" tank position at more than his old Senate salary. He doesn't care about winning the seat, it's about doing his party's bidding.

[struggle4progress]

2. Yours seems to be the majority view on this one, Trotsky. Here's hoping you're right:

:toast: :beer:

[burning rain]

3. I'm with you.

And hey, in the meantime, dragging out this grubby legal fracas pays Coleman's bills.

[DCKit]

4. I've heard it's also keeping an investigation at bay. n/t