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Sarah Abruzzese reports on the pathos of Norm's senatorial exile:

The lights are on in Sen. Norm Coleman's office but no one's home.

Coleman has been locked out of his offices in the Hart Senate Office Building and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who heads the Rules Committee, said she believes the doors will stay barred for the foreseeable future.

Because Coleman's first term officially ended Saturday at noon and he has not been certified the winner of the hotly contested Minnesota Senate race, he has lost his desk on the Senate floor and been denied official office space.

While staff answered the phones on Monday, by Tuesday no one picked up. All of Coleman's vanity photos and a framed hockey jersey are still on display but his name has been removed from the plaque outside.

Coleman can visit the Senate . Like all former members not registered as lobbyists, Coleman can visit the floor -- but he'll have no place to sit.

We encountered a disconsolate-looking Coleman near a Senate elevator bank accepting back-slaps and handshakes from fellow Republicans John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).

Posted by Fred 2009-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 A preview of things to come?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-09 02:27|| 2009-01-09 02:27|| Front Page Top

#2 I doubt if Coleman will change the count for the better in Minn, but this is his own fault. He choose to be a wishy washy conservative and now a former Err America host is a Senator. Minnesota isn't that liberal, just look at the Govenor and Fankenfurter trailed him from the begining. What turned that around?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2009-01-09 06:55|| 2009-01-09 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 What turned that around?

'Selective Elimination' of absentee ballots, improperly marked ballots (Coleman's 'square' not completely filled in) and ballots from counties that would go "R" by the (Democrat run) State Elections Board .

Oh, and counting ballots from "Blue" districts at least twice, 'just to get it right'.

Did I leave anything out?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-01-09 09:06|| 2009-01-09 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 they probably got the ultra corrupt but smooth as silk Dems from Western Washington to do their recounting for them

Posted by sick of it 2009-01-09 12:16|| 2009-01-09 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Folks, Coleman got hit by the same tsunami that a lot of other Pubs got hit with on Election Day. Much as I dislike Bambi, I'll give him credit: his campaign's get out the vote drive is the most impressive in American political history, and all those voters filled in the rest of their ballots for the D's.

As evidence: Georgia. When Saxby Chambliss didn't get 50% he had to face Jim Martin in the run-off. No Obama GOTV machine that time, and Chambliss won handily.

Franken benefited from the Obama machine, it's that simple. This race shouldn't have been close and if the Dems had nominated the Hildebeast, it wouldn't have been.

Posted by Steve White 2009-01-09 12:17|| 2009-01-09 12:17|| Front Page Top

#6 So does this mean that if Coleman visits DC he will just be another 'smelly tourist?'

Posted by USN, Ret. 2009-01-09 17:20|| 2009-01-09 17:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Good article over at Americanthinker.com today. Coleman led committee that investigated/exposed UN Food-for-oil scheme. Soros inside man, Mark Mulloch Brown has been outed by Coleman. Soros took out his revenge by pouring big bucks into Frankens campaign.. Brown may still get appointed next Head of World Bank with Obama influence.

Posted by Tom- Pa 2009-01-09 19:28|| 2009-01-09 19:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry, Coleman's being a wuss. He didn't fight Franken for the disputed ballots but acted like the commission would "do the right thing." He didn't take any action to protect his own property in his office when it was obvious he would be thrown out. The trunks are in trouble because they send so many girly men who aren't ready to go bare knuckles with the donks.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-01-09 19:36|| 2009-01-09 19:36|| Front Page Top

#9 And why should he be anything other than another smelly tourist?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-01-09 19:37|| 2009-01-09 19:37|| Front Page Top

00:40 Frank G