Sad news for Norm Coleman. He's dropping out of an intra-party race for one of the most partisan positions in the Senate: head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. That's the committee that flooded our state with disgusting ads throughout the Senate race.
Why is Coleman dropping out? Is it because he's pitched himself to Minnesotans as someone who will work across the aisle? Well, he did do that, but that isn't why he's dropping out:
Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.) called Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) Thursday afternoon and told him he was dropping out of the race for National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman to focus on the recount in his 206-vote win over Democratic challenger Al Franken.
You know, this is actually sweet justice. It was backlash against the NRSC's disgusting ads that put Coleman in the position he's in; now it's holding him back from running the program that will run those ads in other contests.
