Right On Time

Published: July 22, 2007, 10:40 am

A day after the Strib ran an article saying that DFLers were nervous about their senatorial candidates, Nick Coleman has penned a column saying that he was wrong for earlier writing a column praising Norm Coleman. Now Nick is saying that Iraq will become an albatross around Sen. Coleman's neck, among other things: Norm is hoping to win a second term after soaking up the home-state limelight at next summer's GOP Convention in the Twin Cities. By convention time, though, he may find himself having to sink or swim with Iraq tied to his ankle. Democratic opponents like Al Franken have begun not-too-subtle campaigns to saddle Norm with the increasingly unpopular war. Despite the naked politics of that effort, Coleman's refusal to turn against the war, as some of his Republican colleagues have done, makes him ripe.Nobody in their right mind has accused Nick of being a political analyst. That won't change anytime soon after reading this column. As I said here, Norm Coleman will get

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