Sometimes I get annoyed when I think about how Norm Coleman has handled himself in this whole recount process ... how he's changed his tune on whether to count ballots or not, and which ones ... how he's protracted the legal battle past any likely scenario of him winning, etc.
Thinking about it a little more though, I realize that he didn't just barely lose to Franken on Election Day (by about 249 votes)... in the bigger picture his results were seriously terrible for an incumbent senator (winning just 42% of the vote).
Look at how much worse he did than other Republican incumbents who lost their Senate races in November 2008:
To put it another way ... if some people have a mandate to fight against all odds, Norm is not one of them. Despite Norm's supposed incumbent advantage, just as many people wanted Al (+249), and more wanted ABCEITMLP (Anyone But Coleman, Even If That Means Lizard People).
And yet, the legal battle continues. It appears that Al will be the victor, but the question is, how long will this continue to take? It's up to Norm Coleman whether he'll eventually appeal the extremely transparent recount to the State Supreme Court and then the U.S. Supreme Court. For Norm, that would mean more obstruction and more delays on his part to indulge his slim odds.
I found it interesting to see which 11 Republicans were willing to hop on camera to side with Norm "The Obstructionist" Coleman ... over 100 days after the Election.
58% of Minnesotans voted against the guy with these friends:
Last week, just days after voting against the package to save 3.5 million jobs, Norm's congressional buddies ran this Coleman '08 ad on YouTube. If they can't save 3.5 million jobs, at least they can try to save one, right?
Each one sat down between a flag and a camera to ask Americans in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression to spend their dollars on Norm Coleman's lawyers.
In times like these, we need a satirist.