Dept of Education is promoting Norm Coleman with an event,

[Eric J in MN]

...and under the slow schedule of the DFL we won't have a DFL-endorsed candidate to rally behind until early June.

The DFL endorsement should be made by the end of March so that we have more time to fight back against the Republicans.

Dept of Education story:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/dept_of_education_photoop_shun.php

[dflprincess]

1. March is way too early.

The Republicans have an incumbant, that's why they already have a candidate. Six years from now the situation will be reversed.

[Eric J in MN]

2. If Norm Coleman wins, then should the DFL nominate by March...

...in six years?

[dflprincess]

3. Olbermann mentioned this tonight on Countdown

He specifically mentioned this info from the link you provided

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/dept_...

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was in Minnesota on Tuesday to announce a proposed pilot project for the federal No Child Left Behind law that would give 10 states more flexibility in addressing struggling schools' specific needs....

However, Minnesota doesn't yet have enough of those schools to participate in the pilot project, prompting some to question why Spellings made the announcement here and whether it was an effort to help Sen. Norm Coleman in his reelection campaign.

"It certainly smells that no Democrats were invited to this event, when we already know that this administration has politicized Cabinet agencies," said Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "It looks like a stunt to help Norm Coleman's campaign."