Skousen places the blame nicely. He misses quite a few sources of contributory negligence but he ties a nice bow around Bush and Rove. I blame Norm Coleman for a lackluster campaign that wasted my money and a legal battle that wasted more. I blame a corrupt Justice Department that permitted career lawyers to hide excupatory evidence. I blame all folks out there that withheld effort and contributions from any defeated “RINO” who may have provided the 41st vote against Stalinism.
“I blame Norm Coleman for a lackluster campaign that wasted my money and a legal battle that wasted more.”
I am in 100% agreement with you. Norm Coleman’s campaign was one of the worst-run I’ve ever seen - with the possible exception of the Boschwitz re-election effort in 1990.
His six years in the Senate were virtually invisible. It’s alarming when I could tell a person where Senators like Tom Coburn stood on an issue - but couldn’t tell you where Norm Coleman stood on an issue.
His TV ads sucked. His debating skills sucked. The recount effort sucked.
Even given the new influx of Obama voters in this state, there’s still no reason why Coleman shouldn’t have beaten Franken by at least 5 points or more.
he has now lost to two of the biggest assclowns in Minnesota history, Jesse Ventura and Al Franken. I want Norm Coleman to go far away and never run for political office again.