Almanac: At the Capitol

Now it might not be the question that reporters are trying to get him to answer at this moment (about who bought his suits) but contrary to Sen. Coleman's statement that he doesn't respond to blogger accusations and rumors, he did with us.  In the interview we showed an excerpt of on Almanac, Coleman responded to all the whispers and blogger claims that he cheats on his wife.  Coleman said he's been true to his wife, although he conceded his marriage hasn't been perfect, he said his marriage is stronger now than it has ever been.  He said the accusations come from hate over hispro-life position on abortion and his wife's career acting in Los Angeles. 

For the record Coleman told me they no longer have a place in LA and they only briefly had a place for her to stay there while she was working and that was never where she lived.  Norm says Laurie drove car pool for years and if she was living somewhere else who would have been taking care of their children.  Laurie was very open and emotional talking about the loss of her two children in infancy from a rare syndrome. Laurie showed depth and dimension that the public hasn't seen before.  She does know what the bloggers write and she says she counsels Norm to just "send them love."  You can see more of how she deals with that when the whole Big Three show runs Oct. 22 at 8:00 pm on TPT-2.

I heard from two undecided voters who watched the Coleman and Barkley interviews the last two weeks to help make up their minds.  They both usually lean Republican, but were undecided in the Senate race.  The man says he'll now likely vote for Coleman and liked the senator's response to the issue of infidelity that has been an ongoing concern for this voter.   Al Franken's Big Three excerpt will be on Almanac this week.  The undecided female voter wasn't sure she believed Coleman's response and is planning to vote for Barkley.  She liked Barkley's honesty in our interview that he admitted he had a problem with drinking and depression and sought help.

And for the record, Norm Coleman's Big Three moments of his life are:

1. Family -- The joy of Laurie and Norm beginning their lives together and building a family, and the birth of two healthy children, Jake and Sarah,  and the sorrow of losing two children, Adam and Grace, in infancy

2. Dropping the puck at the 1st game of the NHL at the Xcel

3. The night after the Kent State killings (May 5, 1970), staying up all night with his college professor, Leon Martel, planning the student strike, while keeping the university open.