Norm Coleman
gregladen | November 3, 2008From CREW's report on the most Corrupt Members of Congress, this bit about Norm Coleman:
When in Washington, Sen. Coleman lives in a basement apartment in the Capitol Hill townhouse of Republican operative Jeff Larson. Mr. Larson runs FLS Connect, a telemarketing firm, which has been paid over $1.4 million since 2001 by Sen. Coleman's leadership political action committee (PAC) and two campaign committees. Mr. Larson is also the treasurer of Sen. Coleman's PAC and provides it with office space in St. Paul, MN. Adding to the relationship between the pair, Mr. Larson's wife, Dorene Kainz,…
gregladen | November 2, 2008"Norm got a free ride from the press. St. Paul is a small town and anybody who hangs around the St. Paul Grill knows about Norm's habits. Everyone knows that his family situation is, shall we say, very interesting, but nobody bothered to ask about it, least of all the religious people in the Republican Party. They made their peace with hypocrisy long ago. So this false knight made his way as an all-purpose feel-good candidate, standing for vaguely Republican values, supporting the president."
That's from Garrison Keiller, quoted here. More details here.
gregladen | November 1, 2008The last part ... what you need to do ... mainly applies to Minnesota residents. We'll get to that.
Right now the polls are all over the place. There are five new and recent polls to consider (data all sourced through RCP).
Public Policy Polling, covering October 28th to October 30th, with a margin of error of 3.0 percent, shows Franken with 45% of the vote and Coleman with 40. That is rather astounding.
Research 2000 has a poll covering October 27 to October 29, with a margin of Error of 4%, and in this case Franken has 40 percent and Coleman 43. A statistical dead heat.
A Mason Dixon…
gregladen | November 1, 2008Sen. Norm Coleman announced on Thursday that he was filing a lawsuit against his Democratic opponent Al Franken and the Franken campaign over what he deemed defamation of character.
...This is now the fourth time that the Minnesota Republican has filed a suit late in the course of his runs for office.
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Aides to Coleman, speaking Thursday morning at a hastily organized press conference, seemed far more interested in generating political theatrics than they did in explaining a serious legal quibble.
... their complaint was directed at an advertisement that the Franken campaign aired that…
gregladen | November 1, 2008I have two female friends who have both worked with Coleman (one as a lawyer, one a lobbyist). Both were hit on by him (yes, he's still married). My wife has met him a few times, and while she hasn't been "hit on" he did get pretty "handsy" with her last time.
from here ... more details here.
gregladen | October 31, 2008No, this is not about phenotypes and genotypes. It is about smarm.
Norm Coleman, the Republican Senator from Minnesota currently fighting to hold his seat against a challenge by Al Franken, is a power hungry amoral selfish bastard who should not be allowed near a public office of any kind.
But don't ask me about this guy. Ask Stephanie, who has written a killer post on the topic.
I will be over there later to comment. You should go now and get things started.