Ramesh Ponnuru

Republicans are generally egging Norm Coleman on in his legal contest of the U.S. Senate results. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn and other party leaders have made it clear that they’d be perfectly happy if the proceedings drag on for years since it keeps the Democrats stuck at 58 senate seats. But not [...]

“I think it’s time for (Norm Coleman) to give up this fight,” writes conservative pundit and National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru after Al Franken widened his lead to 312 votes in a Minnesota courtroom Tuesday. The Albert Lea Tribune, which endorsed Coleman last fall, put it even more succinctly: “Throw in the towel.”