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• MN-Sen: Coleman already fading

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:43 pm

  Tags: Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi

  voters. (2/12-13 results) Coleman (R) 49 (57) Franken (DFL) 42 (35) Coleman (R) 48 (57) Ciresi (DFL) 42 (34) That's a dramatic shift in support in just five months, and we've still got well over a year to go. Same goes for incumbent Republicans in Maine, Oregon, and elsewhere -- early GOP leads will continue to evaporate as Republicans

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• Dept. Of Funny Yearbook Photos Of Hippies: Norm Coleman Is a Stupid Dirty Hippie

  Published: July 31, 2007, 7:02 pm

  Tags: Dept Of Funny Yearbook Photos Of Hippies, Funny Pictures, Marijuana, Norm Coleman, Republicans, Senate

  You can say at least one thing about the quality of Senator Norm Coleman’s character: He surely had no intention of being a GOP politician when this college yearbook photo was taken in 1971....

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• A Question For Senate Republicans

  Published: August 16, 2007, 6:18 am

  Tags: Iraq, George W Bush, September Report, Dana Perino, David Patraeus, Joe Lieberman, John Mccain, John Cornyn, Mitch Mcconnell, Jeff Sessions, Norm Coleman, Saxby Chambliss, Larry Craig, Jim Demint, Jim Bunning

  report. Senator Coleman:   Fifty-four days ago we sent a message to General Petraeus: Go forth with the surge, and then come back and report to us. Senator Chambliss:   I have never been more convinced that waiting for General Petraeus’s report in September was more right than yesterday afternoon... Senator Craig:

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• An Ungrateful Nation Turns Its Back On The Bridge-hating President: Sleazy prick Norm Coleman wants the money ...

  Published: August 20, 2007, 6:26 pm

  Tags: An Ungrateful Nation Turns Its Back On The Bridge Hating President, George W Bush, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Republicans

  Sleazy prick Norm Coleman wants the money of, but not necessarily to be associated with, universally loathed loser President Bush. Hey, the GOP convention is being held out in Minnesota next year apparently, and they haven’t even confirmed that Bush will attend. [Strib]

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• Here's $8 Million, Buy Yourself Something Nice Dept.: Pres. Reminds Minnesota That He Cares About Their Collapsing Bridges

  Published: August 21, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Here S 8 Million Buy Yourself Something Nice Dept, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Tim Pawlenty, Tragedies

  money for dirtbag Senator Norm Coleman, and while he was there he did a little favor for Governor Tim Pawlenty, who hopes to make a career of this whole Republican up-and-comer thing. The weeks-old 35W bridge collapse is now a federal emergency, netting Minnesota instant millions in federal aid, and the help of America’s favorite agency,

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• Blue Majority: Al Franken for Minnesota Senate

  Published: August 21, 2007, 6:08 pm

  Tags: Blue Majority, Al Franken, Mn Sen, Norm Coleman, Activism, Minnesota, Senate, 2008 Elections

  Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.  Tying himself further to George Bush will only push Coleman's already low approval ratings in the state even lower, and make him more vulnerable than he already is. Progressives in the state are countering Bush's visit through a variety of actions, including protests coordinated by Americans

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• KY-Sen, OR-Sen, NM-Sen, MN-Sen: Latest numbers

  Published: August 22, 2007, 12:13 pm

  Tags: Ky Sen, Sen, Nm Sen, New Mexico, Oregon, Kentucky, Senate, 2008, Mitch Mcconnell, Gordon Smith, Pete Domenici, Mn Sen, Minnesota, Norm Coleman

  or disapprove of the job Norm Coleman is doing as United States Senator? Approve 47 (43) Disapprove 44 (48) New Mexico Do you approve or disapprove of the job Pete Domenici is doing as United States Senator? Approve 53 (55) Disapprove 41 (41) Oregon Do you approve or disapprove of the job Gordon Smith is doing as United States Senator?

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• Worried Republicans start calling for Craig to resign

  Published: August 29, 2007, 4:57 pm

  Tags: Norm Coleman, Larry Craig, John Mccain

  John McCain of Arizona and Norm Coleman of Minnesota joined Hoekstra in urging Craig to step down.McCain spoke out on an interview with CNN. "My opinion is that when you plead guilty to a crime, you shouldn't serve. That's not a moral stand. That's not a holier-than-thou. It's just a factual situation."Coleman said in a written statement,

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• Hot Seats

  Published: September 11, 2007, 5:43 pm

  Tags: Norm Coleman, Mark Warner, Al Franken, Horse Race, Senate, 2008

  The announcement that Senator Chuck Hagel would be leaving the senate at the end of his term sparked speculation from the horse race whisperers as to the fate of his seat, particularly to the chances that Democrat Bob Kerrey has at deepening the Democratic majority. But make no doubt there are other races out there, and at least two that promise

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• MN-Sen: Coleman under 50 percent

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Norm Coleman, Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008, Mike Ciresi, Al Franken

  MoE 4.5% (March 7 results) Coleman (R) 46 Ciresi (D) 42 Coleman (R) 46 (46) Franken (D)  41 (36) Great trendlines for Franken, 14 months out from the election. Ciresi wasn't polled in March. One really encouraging data point: Franken is now viewed favorably by 46% of Minnesota voters and unfavorably by 47%. That’s an

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• MN-03: Big retirement

  Published: September 17, 2007, 4:17 pm

  Tags: Jim Ramstad, Minnesota, House, Mn 03, 2008, Mn Sen, Norm Coleman

  Without his presence Coleman will pick up less votes in the 3rd than he would with Ramstad there; that’s almost a given [...] [W]ith Republicans hurting nationally this cycle, one has to wonder why Ramstad would even allow open season to be declared on the 3rd CD–a district that has remained Republican largely (and some might

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• Scandal: MN Senator Norm Coleman was caught on tape ...

  Published: September 19, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: Iraq, Norm Coleman, Scandal, War

  MN Senator Norm Coleman was caught on tape inadvertently saying something about Iraq informed by reality. [The UpTake]

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• Scandal: MN Senator Norm Coleman was caught on tape ...

  Published: September 19, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: Iraq, Norm Coleman, Scandal, War

  MN Senator Norm Coleman was caught on tape inadvertently saying something about Iraq informed by reality. [The UpTake]

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• MN-Sen: Franken outraises Coleman

  Published: October 4, 2007, 2:41 pm

  Tags: Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008

  that Franken could outraise Coleman given the Bush fundraiser: Among Senate races, comedian Al Franken isn’t likely to out-raise Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), as he did last quarter. A campaign source, however, said Franken raised “at least $1.8 million” — a number very similar to the $1.9 million figure that trumped

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• Thousands of Medicaid Providers Fail to Pay Taxes, GAO Finds

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Thousands, Medicaid, Providers, Fail, Pay, Taxes, Gao, Finds, Internal Revenue Service, Carl Levin, Frederick W Schindler, Norm Coleman, Minnesota, Jeff Nelligan, Centers For Medicare Amp Medicaid Services, U S Government Accountability Office

  Health-care providers who fail to pay their federal taxes continue to receive millions of dollars of payments from Medicaid, the government health-care program for the poor, according to a report by congressional investigators.

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