Each day, every hour, we're a little closer to having the first talk radio host as a U.S. Senator. Another glass ceiling shattered! (we're just grateful it wasn't a talk host like Rush, Hannity, or Don O'Neill!)
Politico, the non-partisan political site addresses the question whether Coleman has a chance in hell of hanging on to his Senate seat.
The answer, according to state political and legal analysts, is that it would take a miracle. Miracles do happen in politics — but four weeks into a court case that will decide the winner of Minnesota’s tortured Senate race, the GOP incumbent is facing just-about-insurmountable hurdles to overcome the 225-vote deficit he was saddled with at the end of the official recount.
Politico reporter Josh Kraushaar alarmingly observes that Coleman is setting the scene for future appeals- his attorney, Ben Ginsberg says, "The net effect is a legal quagmire that makes ascertaining a final, legitimate result to this election even more difficult.”
Keeping Senate Democrats one vote short works for Republicans -- it's a tiny way they can monkey wrench the process despite their minority status, but that's a problem for the ex-Senator:
"Still, the prospect of protracted legal proceedings could prove burdensome for Coleman. He will need to continue raising enough money to pay his high-profile legal team, and if donors see his case as a lost cause, he could have difficulty fundraising."
How much longer will Minnesotans put up with their Senate representation cut in half, and this embarrassing legal mishegoss to continue?
Coleman's rumored to be considering a gubernatorial race if Governor Pawlenty doesn't seek a third term... this tactic of prolonging the legal inevitable may be drying up any good will he might hope to have.
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