$1 a day to try to get Coleman to quit
A PAC called the Progressive Change Campaign Committee says it has raised nearly $150,000 by asking people to give $1 each day Republican Norm Coleman doesn't concede the Minnesota Senate race to Democrat Al Franken.
It plans to dole out the money to liberal Democratic challengers in 2010.
Peter True, a volunteer with PCCC, told me the fundraising campaign began in April and that about 5,000 people have contributed.
True said frustrated progressives are convinced that Coleman is prolonging the race to prevent Senate Democrats from achieving a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority. They hope that they can provide Republicans a financial incentive to urge Coleman to hang it up.
The Minnesota Supreme Court is currently considering Coleman's appeal of a lower court ruling that found Franken got 312 more votes last November. A decision could come any time.
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