"The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that an interesting name has popped up among the people being speculated about as Republican candidates for governor of Minnesota, now that incumbent Republican Tim Pawlenty isn't running again: Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman -- the man who is still litigating his defeat against Al Franken in the photo-finish 2008 Senate race."The idea of Coleman as governor is delusional. If he wanted it, he should have thought of this earlier before destroying his popularity and reputation in the state. Not that he had much to begin with: he lost to Jesse Ventura for governor in 1998, barely beat Fritz Mondale for Senate six years ago, and has now lost to a guy famous for portraying a formerly overweight self-help host. It's rather clear that Minnesotans don't like the guy. Couple this with the scorched earth campaign he's currently waging and the corruption allegations, and it's just puzzling.
Don't Minnesota Republicans have anyone else? Don't they have some congresspeople (aside from Bachmann)?
