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The conservative case for why Coleman should drop out

By Paul Demko | 04.08.09 | 5:56 pm

colemannormRepublicans 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…

Give up, Coleman: Quotes from the election-contest courthouse and beyond

By Chris Steller | 04.07.09 | 5:34 pm

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.”