Damn Norman

It seems the silent revolt within the MNGOP against Norm Coleman is really gaining some steam. Anecdotally, his number on facebook have been anemic for the last four years. But even with those pathetic numbers, they seem to have been dropping over the last few months. And it's not only the Ron Paulites who just want to watch the party burn out of spite. I myself dropped Norm from my facebook page (although that doesn't mean I won't vote for him). And my good friend Ryan Fluguar, about as partisan a Republican as you can find, is apparently supporting Dean Barkley, although I think that has more to do with Ryan's close relationship to Mark Olson than anything else.

In addition, the chatter has been building, mostly on the left wing blogs in Minnesota, about Norm's womanizing. Talk show host Ed Schultz made a comment about Norm's "unconventional marriage", and it showed up on at least four left leaning blogs. It's quite possible there are more out there, I just haven't read them. My cousin used to work at Maynard's in Excelsior and Norm used to come in all the time and chat up the waitresses, even getting a little fresh with them, ala` Dick Davenport. Keep an eye out, probably two months from now, for some earth shattering story about Norm and his sex life. I can read the writing on the wall and it isn't pretty.

I've written about this before, but now that Dean Barkley is seriously running for office, it's pretty obvious Jesse won't be stepping in. I'm really conflicted on this, but if it had been a choice between Jesse and Norm, I very well could have voted for The Body. Norm and Al Franken are possibly the two weakest senate candidates our state has seen in a long time. The day Jesse would have announced his candidacy he would have started at 25% approval.

Anyway, I have yet to fill out my absentee ballot and I'm truly considering my options, and at this moment, I really don't know. If Dean Barkley can show that he's a serious candidate, maybe I will vote for him. I'll have to look more into his history and record, to make sure he's not just a liberal in moderate's clothing. But if it turns out he runs an effective campaign, he is truly a moderate, and Minnesota responds to him, I may us vote for the man.