Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Nice suit, Norm! Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota allegedly accepted at least one Nieman Marcus shopping spree from GOP patron Nasser Kazeminy.
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
How hard is it to answer a simple questions? Very hard for Minnesota's Republican Senator Norm Coleman. He really is a smarmy character. Always has been. One question Coleman won't answer is whether a really rich friend bought clothes for Coleman and his wife at Neiman Marcus. Is it that hard a question? I tend to remember who bought me clothes. Why won't Norm Coleman give a "yes or no" answer to a...
City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harper's has an online item that reads more like Page 6 and it's all about Minnesota's senator. Blo & Go also makes an appearance.
Harper's Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota seems to enjoy mutually beneficial relationships with his financial contributors and political allies. Earlier this year, National Journal reported that he had a cozy deal to rent a “crash pad” on Capitol Hill owned by a G.O.P. operative named Jeff Larson. Larson is a top advisor to Coleman and the treasurer of his personal Political Action Committee (PAC). The story...
Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
ROCHESTER – Despite repeated attacks by both of his opponents, Norm Coleman focused on the future of our nation, and his record of accomplishment on behalf of Minnesota. Coleman’s forward looking vision, focused on energy independence, affordable and accessible health care for all Minnesotans, and new and focused efforts on strengthening our economy, won strong [...]
D-Day (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago
Norm Coleman is a fiscal conservative. I mean in his personal life. He doesn't seem to like to pay for anything : In what is becoming a clear pattern, reports show that his political contributors have paid for an array of Coleman's basic expenses, including his rent , his utility bills , his trips to the Bahamas , and -- in the latest revelation -- even his clothes. From Harper's : I've been told by...
City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Sen. Norm Coleman was at the Viking Cafe in Fergus Falls today when Pioneer Press reporter Dave Orrick asked him about the reported gifts in his closet.
DL-Online : Detroit Lakes (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sen. Norm Coleman says his support of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry could ruin his chances to be re-elected.
Your Tech Weblog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I'm normally not a politics junkie, but the presidential election has turned me into one. I've spent the past weeks scouring the Web in a variety of ways for the latest political news and buzz. Today, on page one of the Pioneer Press, I have a story that summarizes my info-scouring methods. Here are a couple of additional tips. First, from my colleague Rachel Stassen Berger (known for her Political...
City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | yesterday
REPORTER: If he's saying that he will potentially abandon some things that maybe he had been supporting in favor of the presidential candidate of his party's plan, what about the question about Senator Coleman supporting the McCain plan. You know, because McCain is the leader of the GOP nationally Luke Friedrich: Well again Mark, what it comes down to is fighting for what you believe should be in a...
A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Obama Campaign for Change Minnesota just sent us a release noting a couple of debate watch parties tonight: MankatoBuffalo Wild Wings 12 Civic Center Plz # 1715, 7 p.m. RochesterHosted by the Olmsted County DFL – Lynn Wilson, ChairMarriott...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
I don't want to tempt fate, but things are looking pretty bad for the GOP in the coming elections. For instance, Al Franken looks like he's giving incumbent Republican Norm Coleman nightmares in Minnesota. He's ahead by 43 to 34 percent in the latest poll there , published Saturday by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The new poll suggests that one reason for Franken’s gain is voters’...
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Showbiz talents who are also Democrats routinely raise money and campaign for political candidates -- but rarely run for public office themselves. So I've been watching with special interest Minnesota native son Al Franken's challenge for the U.S. Senate seat. FNow, for the first time, he's moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a [...]
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraq War vet Sam Scott calls Norm Coleman's attacks "the same old shameful Washington politics" and tells Minnesotans why he's proud to stand with Al Franken. Read the comments on this post...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Center for American Progress Action Fund reported last month that 3.1 million Minnesotans could lose their employer health benefits under Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) health care plan, which would also lead to “major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid.” Recently, Luke Friedrich, an aide to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), was asked four times whether Coleman [...]
