LOL. Thanks for a great post-work laugh.
This first sums up my thoughts:
Right... because nothing says victory like nominating the guy who lost to a bodybuilder from the movie Predator and Stewart Smalley!
Coleman is going to have a tough time saying "I lost to Al Franken so nominate me for President"
that would be a stretch, obviously.It would be more than a stretch to think someone who can't beat Al Franken can beat Obama.
but is it unrealistic to see him winning every mccain state + va + nc + oh + fl (lots of snowbirds there that would love his brooklyn accent) + ia?
Oh yes, that's exactly the main thing people vote on, accent, not issues or anything.
For the rest, I don't see why he would play any better than a generic Republican, and for Iowa he'd do horribly. If we assume Iowa is like rural Minnesota, look at how Coleman ran out there. He ran further behind McCain than Franken did behind Obama in many places. Look at Aitkin and Pine counties. Both were very narrow for Obama with under 50% (Aitkin only by 6 votes.) but voted for Franken. The reason is obviously that Obama voters were more partisan and stuck with Franken while many McCain voters jumped to Barkley. Coleman has hardly any appeal to Iowa.
I actually was thinking about this, maybe if he runs for governor in '10
God yes, I would love for the GOP candidate in 2010 to be someone with net 20 disapprovals!