A New Era for The Librarian- Blog form

As you can see we have had quite a make over here at Librarian Headquarters. It is very fancy, ibut n not any additional work kind of way. The librarian will be attempting some rather more expansive additions, but these easy ones were, well, easy. Another change that we will be undertaking will a move to make the blog a little more political. The librarian was empowered by the last election, where the good guys finally won, and it now time to step it up. And by step it up I mean doing my part to ensure that fake weasel of a Senator we have is out of a job in two years. Now don't fret you readers out their that like the baby pictures, they will stay, but I lets not forget about the last remaining Minnesotan political abomination- Norm Coleman, he has got to go.

Here is a post from MNPUBLIS that gets the ball rolling in the right direction. It seems that after Gil Gutknecht got crushed by the unknown Tim Walz last week Mr.Coleman saw light on a rail project:

In January, Coleman went on the record lining up behind his pal, John Thune, and supporting the DM&E Project:

Coleman, R-Minn., said he preferred that the DM&E project not use federal money, but he supports the project. -Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) - January 7, 2006 - Rail expansion back on track

Interestingly enough, Norm’s support of Thune’s pet project convientiently coincided with Thune staking out the Chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In late summer, with Republican hopes dwindling, Thune turned down a run at NRSC Chair:

I’m going to take a pass. It’s not the right fit for me, at least not right now.

With 21 Republican Senate seats up in 2008, and only 12 Democrat - who can blame him? 2008 will not be a fun year for the NRSC.

So - Thune is no longer going to head the most important national committee for vulnerable Senate Republicans seeking re-election. Who are they?: [The Fix]:

Republicans must defend 22 seats and have more obvious vulnerabilities. At first glance, just three GOP senators — Norm Coleman (Minn.), John Sununu (N.H.) and Wayne Allard (Colo.) — look vulnerable

And, surprise surprise, today Norm changed his tune on DM&E:

“If there isn’t a plan, then I’ll do everything in my prerogatives as senator to stop this project, either through the appropriation process or the legislation process.”

His political gain from allying with Thune gone, Coleman shows - again - how his positions change with his personal political situation. Now that the winds have shifted and he recognizes how vulnerable he is in Minnesota, Coleman’s position morphs into something more popular.

I think, says it all about the senior sentor from Minnesota. He actually has no ideas or goals of his own, except getting reelected. When the Rebublicans were in charge he would not stop himself from doing whatever unseemly and counter productive thing the power guys wanted. War in Iraq, removal of Habes corpus for American citizens, a horrible medicare bill, anything if he thought it might help in the next campaign. Also, he was the chairman of he subcommittee for investigations, that never investigated anything, not Iraq, not intelligence, not anything. But all of a sudden the tables turned and now he might be in for a little bit of fight so he turns like a scared turtle. The man is pathetic.

excelsior