Paul Demko is at Farm Fest today (and so is Laurie Coleman)

MnIndy’s indefatigable political correspondent, Paul Demko, is spending the day at Farm Fest in Redwood County, Minnesota, where Tim Pawlenty was scheduled to speak at lunchtime and the first Coleman/Franken debate took place this morning. I spoke with Demko a little while ago, and he reports that

a) "Wireless internet" is still an unconfirmed rumor in Redwood County, Minnesota; and

b) Norm Coleman caused a bit of a stir by showing up with wife Laurie, who is not exactly famous for appearing at her beloved’s side during Norm’s 2002 campaign or this one. Maybe Laurie had never seen a cow in person and wanted to. More likely, though, Coleman’s having her in tow as he appears before one of the most socially conservative crowds in the state is a sign that he is starting to take seriously the suddenly coherent-looking campaign of Al Franken.

More from Demko about the day’s events here later.