By GottaLaff
Republicans know they’ll need every last dollar in next year’s campaign if they want to keep Democrats from topping 60 seats in the Senate.
So with potentially better Senate investments on the horizon, is it worth continuing to pour money into Norm Coleman’s long-shot Senate campaign if the race keeps going on and on? [...]
Over the past three months, the NRSC spent nearly $1 million to pay his legal bills, and since Election Day, Republican senators and the RNC have pumped in hundreds of thousands of dollars more. Last Thursday, the Federal Election Commission opened the door for Coleman to use campaign cash to defend himself in two lawsuits unrelated to the current recount battle — putting the former senator in the position of asking his GOP donors to pick up more of his hefty legal tab. [...]
By continuing to support Coleman’s bleak chances ahead of a bruising election year, Democrats gleefully think that the GOP is wasting precious 2010 resources. [...]
There is an increasing expectation within GOP circles in Washington and Minnesota that Coleman is going to call it quits if he loses before the state Supreme Court, even though sources in Coleman’s camp insist he won’t make up his mind until he sees the court’s decision. [...]
“If you say ‘Well, you can pick up a seat in Minnesota for an extra million dollars’ — that’s a real bargain,” said Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who is up for reelection in 2010.
A million smackeroos is a real bargain? Who'd be stupid enough to cough up a wad of bills for a loser like Norm Coleman? What shriveled-brain blind supporter would publicly admit something like that?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he had no qualms donating money to Coleman’s cause — and he says he’ll keep backing Coleman even if he takes the case to either to the U.S. Supreme Court or federal district court. “I’m going to back Norm whatever he does,” Graham said.
Alrighty then, that answered that.
It's almost like Toker Norm is... oh I dunno... lost. Meandering aimlessly... waiting for some enormous gaggle of fools to rescue him....
“It’s a great American tradition if you got one sailor lost in the sea, you send the entire Navy to go find him,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.At least Normy can focus all of his attention on this one court battle. I mean, it's not like he has any other legal debts or controversial issues to contend with, because, you know, that would be really embarrassing.
Hm? Whazzat?
Oh:
But even as he pushes his recount challenge into its eighth month, Coleman faces other sticky legal problems unrelated to his election. He’s monitoring two lawsuits alleging that a longtime associate, Nasser Kazeminy, improperly steered some $100,000 to Coleman through his wife’s place of employment.Lo. $er.
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