1) Coleman is a Republican. He is the only kind of Republican who can win in somewhat liberal Minnesota, and as a Republican he casts the most important vote of any Senate session for a Republican to be leader (and who thus defines what bills are even voted on). No other vote he casts is as important as that one so no other position he takes can trump it.
2) We are in the minority. The chest beating swaggering yells about “I only support a Conservative (with a capital C)” is a position that advances the opposition’s agenda. It takes numbers to stop their agenda. You can start to worry about your own agenda when and only when you have the numbers to advance it. We don’t. Capital C conservatives would not win in Minnesota. Ronald Reagan did not win Minnesota. A Republican Senate vote from Minnesota is a thing of gold.
3) Support Norm Coleman’s fight.
Precisely. That's how we got a weak John McCain as our candidate (as opposed to a conservative candidate who could actually win, like Rudy), and now BHO.
I agree with you but it is hard to support any of these buffoons. Today there is word that “our” senators will go along with unanimous consent for husseins cabinet co defendants
Based on your comment I expanded the previous posted list. But, some people don't want to be confused by the facts :-) ~ TAB
Minnesota Presidential Winners
2008: Barack Obama(D)
2004: John Kerry(D)
2000: Al Gore(D)
1996: Bill Clinton(D)
1992: Bill Clinton(D)
1988: Michael Dukakis(D)
1984: Walter Mondale(D) (Only State Mondale won)
1980: Jimmy Carter(D) (1 of 5 States Carter won)
1976: Jimmy Carter(D)
1972: Richard Nixon(R)
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Norm's positions advanced the oppositions agenda as well.
About the first thing Norm did after getting elected a Republican Senator was to come out publicly against the Bush tax cuts. Norm did vote for the tax cuts after we lit up his switchboard with calls, but that's not what we should have to do.
Norm is also right on board with Nancy Pelosi's agenda to starve us of abundant cheap energy and force us to scarce expensive energy.
At every turn Norm's first impulse is to side with the opposition, I'm done voting for that.