Normative

It's a dog-eat-dog world and in 2014 Norm Coleman isn't going to be wearing Milk Bone underwear

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman said late Thursday night that he would not run for anything next year.

"Public service is an important part of my life. It will remain so even though I will not run for public office in 2014," the Republican said on Twitter. "(I) want to mentor a new generation of optimistic, limited government focused leaders who aren't afraid to find common ground to solve problems."

Three thoughts about this:

1. Good.
2. Finding common ground with people who hate you is a fool's errand.
3. For all his faults, Coleman still was miles ahead of his, ahem, successor.