Comments on: For Coleman, guv-race media circus emerges as Senate hopes subside

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:43:58 +0000

That’s not fair to say Minnesotan’s don’t want Coleman to run for governor. Many of us want him to run, and hope he’ll win the GOP nomination.

OK, I admit those Minnesotans are DFL, and we only want him to run, not win. But still.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:12:16 +0000

No wonder that Senate race was a toss-up. “No-one” likes Norm Coleman, and “no-one” likes Al Franken either. (To be more accurate and kind, both Al Franken and Norm Coleman score low in likeability by voters in polls.) Democrats who endorsed Franken on the basis of “electability” really misread that one. The Democrats had Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, who comes across as so likable and authentic. Match him against a not so likeable Norm Coleman, and it is an easy win for the Democrats in the year of an Obama landslide. But match a not so likeable Democrat against a not so likeable epublican, and Dena Brakley gets lots of the votes and the rest are split.

By: Noodle Pie

Noodle Pie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:19:16 +0000

Yup, if he can’t be senator he’ll have to be governor. There aren’t any other people in Minnesota are there? Nope. Well, that’s it then, Franken senator, Coleman governor and Pawlenty president. Minnesota is so easy.

By: Amuseinc

Amuseinc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:28:37 +0000

If Minnesota Republicans have any sense they will stay far away from that opportunist who has gone to court with every election loss. The guy is a political boat anchor at best.

They don’t, they won’t.

By: mill

mill — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:55:02 +0000

Mr. Coleman has put his personal interests above the interests of nearly 5 million Minnesotans to have full representation in the Senate. I will never support him for a role in public affairs in the future. I speculate that he sold his soul to the Republicans, dragging out a merit-less legal fight over the US senate seat in exchange for future riches and reductions debt obligation by deep-pocket Republican benefactors.

Why should any citizen trust him to put their interests first, should he hold a public post of any kind?

By: jason

jason — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:52:17 +0000

if coleman becomes our next governor, i am out of here. hello canada!