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Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has talked to Eric Holder, President-elect Obama’s pick for attorney general, about the process for naming a U.S. attorney for Minnesota. As Minnesota’s only senator (pending former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s court challenge of Al Franken’s election), Klobuchar looks to be the person who will recommend a U.S. attorney for [...]

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) cannot withdraw his guilty plea in the infamous 2007 Minneapolis-St. Paul airport bathroom sex case, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today in an unpublished opinion. That means Craig is stuck with having copped in District Court to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly signaling an interest in engaging in sex via foot taps from one restroom stall to another in which a undercover police officer was staked out. The decision’s “unpublished” status means the court doesn’t want their ruling used as precedent in future cases — interesting, in view of charges that Craig sought special treatment or was being singled out for preferential or especially harsh treatment because of his status as a U.S. Senator.

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman spoke to raucous supporters early on Election Night at the Minnesota Republican Party gathering Nov. 4 at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington, Minn. Even then, partial election returns signaled a margin between Coleman and Democrat Al Franken so small that it was headed to a recount. So after acknowledging the historic result in the presidential contest and the “graciousness” of U.S. Sen. John McCain’s concession speech, Coleman offered neither concession nor triumphalism. Instead he told the pumped-up crowd, “There is more counting to be done” — a sober assessment that will apparently hold true for weeks.