From NRSC.org

From NRSC.org

Creaking noises are starting to come from once-solid supporters of Norm Coleman as they wait for the Minnesota Supreme Court to decide his fate. “The situation out there is entirely up to the people in Minnesota,” a National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman tells the National Journal’s Hotline, suggesting a stark shift from the NRSC’s recent stance.

In March, the NRSC’s chairman, Sen. John Cornyn, once threatened “World War III” if Democrats tried to seat Coleman’s rival, Al Franken, and seemed to look forward to an appeals fight that could take “months, if not years.” Now:

His hope is that he’s the winner in the Minnesota Supreme Court . . . so I don’t know what happens after that.

Senate Democrats, particularly Majority Leader Harry Reid, have already proven themselves past masters at such maneuvers, retreating from one appointed date after another by which they’d seat Franken.