The Coleman Files

Republican Senator Norm Coleman, who was endorsed by the Republican Party of Minnesota in May in his bid for a second term, failed to list his Republican endorsement in the Star Tribune voters’ guide that ran in Sunday’s newspaper. Coleman’s omission is the latest in a long line of attempts to run away from the Republican label. Check out what the DFL Party had to say about it here!

While campaigning at the Minnesota State Fair, Senator Norm Coleman was asked about his questionable fishing trip in Alaska with indicted Republican Senator Ted Stevens and corrupt oil executives. The video can be found HERE.

Will Coleman want to be seen with President Bush at the Republican National Convention? Thats what we want to know...

That's why recently, Minnesota DFL Party Associate Chair Donna Cassutt held a press conference to offer payment to the first Minnesotan who is able to take a picture of President George W. Bush and Senator Norm Coleman together at the upcoming Republican National Convention. Click here for more information and the payment options for the lucky winner!

The Minnesota DFL Party recently held a press conference to release a letter that DFL Chair Brian Melendez wrote to Senators Barbara Boxer and John Cornyn (respectively the chair and vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Ethics). In the letter, Melendez asks the Ethics Committee to widen its investigation into an already pending complaint against Coleman to include recent revelations that Coleman admitted receiving one year of free utilities from his Washington, D.C. landlord. That landlord is Jeff Larson, a top Republican operative who owns a million-dollar Capitol Hill townhouse and already offers Coleman a sweetheart deal to live there.

A report issued this week from the Minnesota Department of Education shows that almost half of Minnesota's public schools are failing to meet state standards in math and reading set by No Child Left Behind. [Minnesota Department of Education, 8/5/08]

In the context of this damning report, the Minnesota DFL Party released the following information that details how Republican Senator Norm Coleman’s has failed to help Minnesota schools, by shortchanging No Child Left Behind, Head Start and other after-school programs.

Recently at the Minnesota State Capitol, “President George W. Bush” announced his plan to campaign extensively in Minnesota with incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman during the congressional August recess.

The press conference served as the official kickoff of what will be a month-long statewide tour. “The President” explained that his intent to join Senator Coleman on the campaign trail is an expression of his gratitude to Coleman for Coleman’s loyal support of his agenda: protecting Big Oil profits, ensuring that corporate special interests always get their way in Washington and keeping the Iraq war going indefinitely, among other issues.