Norm Coleman gets RNC ‘encore’ minutes of fame

For the second night in a row, Sen. Norm Coleman had his few minutes of fame in front of the delegates to the Republican National Convention.  He followed the night's script, which essentially is that "country is more important than party.''  The subscript, of course, is that Republicans understand that and Democrats don't.

Here's how Coleman put it: "Some of our nation's problems are too big for one political party to solve. In the spirit of John McCain's whole career in Congress, we must work together — today and in the next Congress — to draft genuine reform that leads to genuine results.

"We need to bring ALL people together – all regions, all industries, all ages, races –and get the job done for America.''
Coleman came to a quick end to this plea for togetherness with this:

"The main thing is jobs. Barack Obama will tax them and take them away, and John McCain will build them here at home. It's as simple as that. God bless you all.''

Obama's Minnesota spokesman, Nick Kimball, emailed out a response as Coleman's voice still was echoing in the Xcel Center:
"John McCain's top economic adviser called Americans whiners and Senator McCain thinks the middle class is people making $5 million a year.''  -- Doug Grow