So, what office is Chris Coleman running for?

I don’t get this article. Check his web site again.

The top banner clearly reads “Chris Coleman for Saint Paul.”

And beneath that: “Mayor Coleman Announces Re-Election Focusing on Progress in Education, Public Safety, and Investment in Saint Paul”

I don’t think it could be much clearer — he’s running for mayor.

This article is about Coleman’s lawn signs, not his website, Disco.

See photo.

No, the article is not just about his lawn signs. Read the second paragraph again: “It’s yet additional evidence that the St. Paul Mayor is very seriously eyeing a 2010 gubernatorial bid.”

Totally incorrect. His own damn website reads thus: “Today I stand before you, surrounded by family, friends, supporters and colleagues, to announce that I will seek reelection as Mayor of the City of Saint Paul.”

The lawn signs are irrelevant. I still have a lawn sign in my house that says “John Kerry for President.” Does that mean John Kerry is running for president?

Cakewalk re-election in 2009? How do you figure?

This past year, more and more citizens of St. Paul have been learning they have a choice in Eva Ng.

Very, very cakewalk. Kind of like if you paved sidewalks with cakes instead of concrete, and had to step in them leaving cake embedded footprints and frosting tracks all over. (Quite messy, really.)

Disco,

Demko isn’t saying that Coleman isn’t seeking to be re-elected as mayor THIS year, as evidenced by the sentence, “When Republican-backed challenger Eva Ng asked the mayor to sign a pledge to fulfill his entire term if RE-ELECTED THIS year, Coleman’s campaign manager dismissed it as a gimmick.” He is saying that, if re-elected, it’s a very real possibility that he may not fulfill is whole term, but instead may choose to make a run for governor NEXT year, which is clear from: “Why waste perfectly good lawn signs on a cakewalk re-election campaign in 2009, after all, when they’ll work perfectly well for a statewide campaign the next year?” As Paul Schmelzer wrote, the article is about lawn signs, and because of the vagueness of the signs, how they can be used for both a mayoral re-election run AND a gubernatorial run next year.