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emocratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine says Norm Coleman should concede and Al Franken should be seated ASAP. Statement after the jump.

The time is nigh for Norm Coleman to say goodbye. That was the word over the weekend from Kiplinger.com, USA Today and an editor at National Review. Coleman’s bid to up-end Al Franken’s U.S. Senate recount win must stop at the Minnesota Supreme Court, wrote a Star Tribune columnist. He might push it further, as [...]

More newspapers, online media outlets and political pundits are offering former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman free advice — mainly that he look in the mirror and see that he’s toast.

Norm Coleman attorney Fritz Knaak again broaches the possibility of a Coleman concession in an interview conducted 10 days ago and posted by his hometown paper last night. But he is being conjectural and makes sure to cast aspersions on his client’s Democratic rival’s theoretical victory. “Even if Norm were to concede,” Knaak says, “there [...]

Now these are some poll results Norm Coleman should sue over. KSTP-TV and other media outlets are reporting that a new Survey USA-KSTP poll shows almost half of Minnesotans want the former senator to concede the state’s ongoing Senate contest to challenger Al Franken. But that’s not quite what the survey results say. When asked directly what they thought should happen next, only 44 percent of respondents said Coleman should concede. And that’s better (for Coleman) than the 55 percent who one month ago objected to the loser challenging the results in court.

More number-crunching and KSTP’s video report after the jump.

It would seem out of character at this point for Norm Coleman to concede the race for the Senate seat he occupied until Saturday, even after this morning’s negative ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court and the certification of the vote in favor of rival Al Franken by the State Canvassing Board this afternoon. But it could happen — just read between the lines of his recount lawyer’s remarks yesterday, or listen to former senator and Vice President Walter Mondale today.