The conservative case for why Coleman should drop out

The conservative case for why Coleman should drop out -By Paul Demko

Republicans are generally egging Norm Coleman on in his legal contest of the U.S. Senate results. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn and other party leaders have made it clear that they’d be perfectly happy if the proceedings drag on for years since it keeps the Democrats stuck at 58 senate seats. But not all conservative pundits share the party’s enthusiasm for a protracted legal process. Over at The Corner, Ramesh Ponnuru makes the case that by continuing to drag the process through the courts Coleman is hurting the state, his own political future and the Minnesota GOP. Ponnuru’s take:

If he keeps up the fight, he is likely to lose, unnecessarily deprive Minnesota of a second senator, end his political career seen as a sore loser, and hurt his party in a state that is eager for this fight to be over. His team has talked enough about further legal challenges that if he leaves now, he will get some points for grace. (Needless to say, that sentiment would not be universal.) But this is, I think, the last moment where he can exit with some dignity.

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