norm coleman (R) senator jumped ship like the rat he is...

[mucifer]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-070110bush-congress,1,6652795.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true


"I don't want to embarrass the president, but my position is clear," said Coleman, who visited Iraq last month. "I do not believe that a surge in troops is going to solve the fundamental problem we have."

Coleman and other Republicans are becoming increasingly public with their view that the ongoing violence in Baghdad requires a political solution, not a military one. "Iraqis have to decide they're going to stop killing themselves," he said.

[eleny]

1. Franken must have been measuring his office windows for drapes

[patrice]

2. But he jumped to our side, so why is he a rat?

[LSK]

12. hes a progressive now???

:shrug:

[bigdarryl]

3. He has no choice he's up for reelection in 08 in a state thats mostly PROGRESSIVE

[calimary]

7. Bingo. That's all this is. Pandering. From a spineless yet still posturing twit.

[dflprincess]

8. And the Bushbot in Minnesota's 2006 Senate race was creamed

by the DFL candidate. Let's wait and see what Normie does when this comes to vote. Then we'll find out if the weasel has really jumped ship or just trying on his life jacket.

[salin]

4. Norm *I only decide which party I am based on current popular

opinon* backs away from Bush... after his poll numbers drop to 30 with support for the war and the surge being comparable. Yep, Norm's words have credibility :eyes:

[Catch22Dem]

11. I wonder what the Vegas line is on a 2008 switch back to dem?

Bound to be one. I wouldn't bet against it though.

[atommom]

5. "Iraqis have to decide they're going to stop killing themselves," he said.

So many layers of wrong there I don't know where to start. :(

[mucifer]

6. well that's pretty much what Durbin said that bugged me too

[atommom]

10. yup, we've got nothing to do with it, they're just determined to die horribly.

:banghead: This is one of the most frustrating things about hawks ... their tendency to undervalue the lives of people they don't identify with. Since they see the Iraqis as completely foreign, they don't mind causing death and suffering in Iraq. They might impatiently call the deaths "unfortunate" if someone backs them into a corner, but they privately consider compassion for the enemy a weakness.

[bedazzled]

14. i thought that comment was jaw-droppingly ignorant

it's nice that he's given the matter so much thought!

absolutely heartless and clueless

[LSK]

9. he is scared to death of a Franken run

[LiberalFighter]

13. Hmmm used the word surge instead of escalation

so still trying to walk the Bush line

[MiniMe]

15. Just look who is up for re-election in '08, every one of them will jump ship

Coleman is one of them