Norm Coleman

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 21 days ago
By Minnesota standards, Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's campaign ad has a mean streak. It shows three guys in a bowling alley talking about his Democratic challenger, Al Franken. ...

Source: blog.washingtonpost.com --- 37 days ago
In a political environment as treacherous as this one for Republicans, there's still one tried and true strategy to court voters: pork. As we have written before, Republican incumbents have already surmised that their best strategy to win -- given... ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 8 days ago
For more than a year, Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman lived in an apartment in Washington D.C. for $600 a month. The rent was cheap even though the property is not. And eyebrows were raised when the National Journal reported that the landowner cutting the deal was a big-time GOP operative and longtime Coleman confidant. Coleman, when asked about his living situation, was forthcoming that it was even more of a sweetheart deal than previously believed. He admitted that two months of rent had not been paid and subsequently cut a check. Then he acknowledged that for one month's payment he had merely sold his landlord furniture -- which they mutually determined was of $600 in value. All of which has left critics and observers asking the question: what else has Coleman failed to disclose? In recent days and weeks the Democratic Party and the campaign of Coleman's opponent Al Franken have began questioning if there was an inherent quid-pro-quo to the arrangement (circumstantial evidence abounds) and whether the Senator was, in addition to the low rate, also given a free ride on his utilities bills. "Minnesotans have long known that Norm Coleman isn't working for them in Washington," Andy Barr, Franken's Communications Director, said to the Huffington Post. "We're just now beginning to understand who he is working for -- and what he's getting in return." The issue may seem like a small fish in an otherwise big electoral pond. But question ...

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Source: www.crooksandliars.com --- 50 days ago
    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington blog: Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics asking for an investigation into whether Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) violated the Senate gifts rule by accepting lodging from Republican operative Jeff Larson.  The pdf copy of [...] ...

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Source: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 50 days ago
Last week we pointed out what a great deal on rent Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) appears to be getting on his Washington apartment. A National Journal reporter found that Coleman pays just $600 a month to live in the Capitol Hill townhouse that belongs to his longtime friend and Republican political operative Jeff Larson. And he's missed a couple months rent, too. Apparently the scenario didn't pass the smell test with the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who have filed just an ethics complaint . They want the Senate ethics committee to take a look at the relationship between Coleman and Larson. Larson's firm, FLS Connect, pulled in more than a million dollars from Coleman's campaign committees and leadership PAC since 2001. And they're also curious about how Larson's wife used to work for Coleman until just recently. CREW is asking the Senate Ethics Committee to look into whether or not Sen. Coleman is paying fair market value for the apartment, whether Sen. Coleman would have paid the November 2007 and January 2008 rent had National Journal not raised the non-payment as an issue, whether Sen. Coleman and Mr. Larson had agreed that Mr. Larson would not cash the March 2008 rent check, why Sen. Coleman suddenly made up his back rent after National Journal asked questions about it, and why Sen. Coleman's office announced that Ms. Kainz would be leaving the senator's employ after National Journal asked about her role. FLS ...

Source: www.kare11.com --- 50 days ago
A Washington watchdog group asked the Senate Ethics Committee Tuesday to investigate whether Sen. Norm Coleman's Capitol Hill living arrangement violates the Senate gifts rule. ...

Source: www.redstate.com --- 5 days ago
Hastings, LaHood, Lucas and Petri Also Agree to Sign Letter Facing a competitive race back home, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) could have ducked the debate over the soon-to-expire offshore drilling ban. But rather than run from it, Coleman decided to join a growing list of Republicans who are vowing to actively oppose an extension of the ban if Democrats attempt to bring it to a vote. Coleman's signature means just 11 Senate Republicans have yet to offer their support: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Bob Corker (Tenn.), Elizabeth Dole (N.C.), Chuck Hagel (Neb.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), John McCain (Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Gordon Smith (Ore.), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Arlen Specter (Pa.) and John Thune (S.D.). The number stands at 48 in the House, where four Republicans offered their support yesterday. Reps. Ray LaHood (Ill.), Thomas Petri (Wis.), Doc Hastings (Wash.) and Frank Lucas (Okla.) signed the letter. I've updated yesterday's post to reflect their support. Collecting signatures for the letter, spearheaded by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) and John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), could prove vitally important come September. That is when Democrats are expected to outline their strategy for dealing with the expiration of the moratorium on exploration off the Outer Continental Shelf and in the oil-shale fields of the West. ...

Source: twitter.com --- 7 days ago
FranklyFranken: Norm Coleman TV Ad: History http://is.gd/1oZd ...

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FranklyFranken: Norm Coleman TV Ad: Rules http://is.gd/1fmH ...

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FranklyFranken: Norm Coleman Web Ad: Frankly Misleading (Vol. 1) http://is.gd/1sA9 ...

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Source: scienceblogs.com --- 30 days ago
From Andy Barr, Al Franken's Campaign: When we saw Norm Coleman's ad bragging about how he "brought hockey back" to Minnesota, our first thought was, "Hey, we like hockey, but wasn't that a long time ago?" And our second thought was, "Wait a minute...they left out the part where Norm spent six years selling out to George W. Bush and the special interests!" Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ...

Source: twitter.com --- 20 days ago
FranklyFranken: Norm Coleman's New TV Ad: Wyatt's Mom http://is.gd/18fP ...