Dems Not Touching Coleman-RNC Rumor

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The Democrats are keeping quiet on the rumor published this morning in the Politico, that Norm Coleman might take over as RNC chairman after a potential Michael Steele departure.

So far, the national party and the Franken campaign are not commenting. Even the Minnesota DFL Party — the folks who have brought us some of the best anti-Coleman attack lines out there — is declining to comment. As one anonymous Democratic official said: “When the Republicans are forming a circular firing squad, the last thing we’re going to do is step into the middle.”

Meanwhile, a Washington GOP source expressed some skepticism to TPM about the whole idea of putting Norm in: “If the argument against Steele is that he’s not conservative enough, then no, it’s absurd.”

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