Topic: Norm Coleman

Coleman vs. Franken

In the popular film Man of the Year, Robin Williams portrayed Tom Dobbs. )As it turned out, Man of the Year amounted to a preview of the current challenge to Sen. Norm Coleman (R.-Minn.) in what has to be called the showcase ...
Coleman, Franken and third-party candidate debate in showcase of Minn. race's intensityRepublican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken exchanged barbs in their first Senate debate Sunday night over the ailing economy and the war in Iraq, while a third-party challenger ...

Al Franken as Oliver North

Steve Kornacki thinks that just as Republicans weirdly lost a 1994 Senate race in Virginia, Democrats in Minnesota, by putting Al Franken up against Norm Coleman, have " picked the one candidate capable of squandering the enormous built-in advantages that their party ...

Ventura Not Entering Minnesota Senate Race

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura announced tonight on Larry King Live that he is not running for Senate, citing a desire to spare his family from the media scrutiny that would come along with a return to politics.This race is a top ...

Not So Fast: Another Poll Shows Franken Trailing

A poll out the other day gave hope to national Dems, because it seemed to suggest that Al Franken had taken an improbable lead over GOP incumbent Senator Norm Coleman. Another survey out finds the opposite result.The numbers from SurveyUSA: Coleman 52%, ...
Here's something to keep on eye tonight: Jesse Ventura will be appearing on Larry King Live, where he'll announce whether or not he's running for Senate in Minnesota as an independent.If he is running, it would seriously complicate an already strange race, ...
Last week we pointed out what a great deal on rent Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) appears to be getting on his Washington apartment. A National Journal reporter found that Coleman pays just $600 a month to live in the Capitol Hill townhouse ...
Watchdog group files ethics complaint over Sen. Coleman's rent deal with campaign consultantA watchdog group asked the Senate ethics investigators on Tuesday to look into whether Sen. Norm Coleman's living arrangement on Capitol Hill violates the rules.Coleman, a Minnesota Republican, has been ...
Minnesota Senator Endorses Rudy Giuliani for President, Missouri Senator to Follow on FridayMinnesota Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday he's backing Rudy Giuliani for president, throwing his support behind a fellow moderate Republican and former mayor."The shared vision as mayor of getting things ...
Sen. Norm Coleman Attended Woodstock, but Doesn't Want Federal Funds to Be Spent on MuseumSen. Norm Coleman attended Woodstock and even did a video for a planned museum commemorating the famous music festival. But the Minnesota Republican recently voted against spending $1 ...