Many have said that Norm Coleman would not have won his MN senate seat in ‘02 without the help of uber-GOP advisor Karl Rove. Now Norm is leading the charge to turn the tide for Rove, who has been under supa-hot-hot fire for allegedly disclosing the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Coleman is front and center (where he likes to be), trying to cast himself as “a leader articulating a voice of reason.” Will Norm go down with Rove or will the teflon work for both of them? Again. The partisan wait-and-see game begins.
Coleman: Scratchin’ Karl’s Back
Jul 18 2005 — 2:00am
5 Reader Comments
11:59 am
This is when the partisan hackery will bite Stormin’ Norman in the ass. Other than the financial and moral support of the natonal GOP, how is defending Karl in anyway a good thing for his re-election arsenal?
2:37 pm
It seems that Norm Coleman has always been in someone’s pocket – and not necessarily that of the voters of Minnesota. His is becoming a very old story in MN politics.
Mr Coleman may have signed on to the wrong team this time. It is very possible that Norm might pay in the elections for this and the other face-in-the-press antics that Bush & Rove Co. push him out for (UN-Kofi thing). [!] [!]
Who knows though. It is also very possible he will turn himself into a Democrat or a New Yorker again just before his current team bottoms out. [!]
Norm Coleman might be the original ‘flip-flopper’… (Ask Randy Kelly more on that – he apparently kept better notes. [!])
10:14 am
Hah. Voice of reason my ass… I find it funny that he lead the charge to dump Kofi Annan well before all the information was in, and now he’s trying to protect Rove’s greasy ass.
Does he realize just how much of an idiot he appears to be?
11:27 am
You are all too hard. Norman is following the fine Minnesota tradition of representing special interests groups that was perfected by Hubert “Daley’s Boy” Humphery and Walter ” My Special interest is Special Interests” Mondale.
Norm promised after his election to try to appeal more to DFL politics – so if you look at it that way, he’s doing a great job.
3:03 pm
Oh, that’s right, the GOP never bow to special interest groups or big business. Hrrm. How could we forget?