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At least eight GOP senators have said they will not be attending the Republican convention in Minneapolis, and congressional challengers have officially been told by Republican leadership to stay away. But one man has to be there. Norm Coleman, the Republican senator from Minnesota locked in a reelection fight with Al Franken, can’t ignore the party going on his backyard.
Oh, but how he wishes he could.
“So I think those who come here will have an extraordinary time. But the colleagues who don’t come are staying at home only because they have tough races. If the convention wasn’t in St. Paul, I wouldn’t be at the convention,” Coleman said.
H/T Ben Smith.
