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Norm Coleman could change his mind

January 7, 12:42 PMSouth St. Paul ExaminerRob Shirk
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Norm Coleman

If there is one constant throughout Norm Coleman's political life it is his tendency to change his mind.

I am a lifelong Democrat. Some accuse me of being the fiscal conservative in this race — I plead guilty! I'm not afraid to be tight with your tax dollars. Yet, my fiscal conservatism does not mean I am any less progressive in my Democratic ideals. From Bobby Kennedy to George McGovern to Warren Spannaus to Hubert Humphrey to Walter Mondale — my commitment to the great values of our party has remained solid.- to DFL City Convention Delegates in 1993

 

In December 1996, Coleman announced he was leaving the DFL party to join the Republican Party. Fast forward to November, 2008.

 
"Yesterday the voters spoke. We prevailed," "It's up to him (Franken) whether such a step is worth the tax dollars it will take to conduct. - Norm Coleman  with regard to the possibility of a recount  - Nov. 5, 2008

Oooops. That was the day after the election, wasn't it? That was the same day Landslide Norm Coleman stated on National Television the importance of a "healing process", and taking the moral high ground. 

If I were trailing, I would step back. - Senator Norm Coleman, Nov. 5, 2008

Oh, gosh...You said that during the same press conference. It was spoken with earnestness like a true statesman from an august body that has included such incandescent U.S. Senators as Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Henry Clay.
 
I really believe that the people of Minnesota want to get this right, no matter what side of the aisle you are on - Norm Coleman
 
Landslide Norm Coleman has begun the litigation to utterly throw out the recount of the last two months. Now all the ballots, whether they were filled out properly or not (It's not rocket surgery!), might be counted again, so a wrongly rejected absentee vote, for instance, that was rejected, reconsidered, reconsidered again, will be reconsidered. This takes a lot of time and money.
 
“The eyes of the nation are on the state that we love.”  We need to show them that Minnesota has done everything we can to make sure that we protect every voter’s right. - Norm Coleman.
 
Landslide Norm Coleman is rejecting the ruling of the bipartisan State Canvassing Board which certified the results that gave Landslide Al Franken the lead. The next phase of the dispute will take place in Ramsey County District Court, where Landslide Norm Coleman will implore a yet to be appointed three-judge panel that he was jeopardized by votes that were wrongly excluded and improperly included in the recount.
 
To use his own words..."If I were trailing, I would step back." That would be changing his mind, to be sure. However...Landslide Norm Coleman has done it before.
 
 

 

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