Coleman wants constitutional amendment to balance budget

"It's time to take back our government. It's time to take back America."

August 6, 2010 at 1:46PM

Former Sen. Norm Coleman may have (apparently) opted not to challenge Michael Steele for the job of chairing the Republican National Committee, but he's not exactly acting like a shrinking violet.

In an essay published today at the Politico website, Coleman made the case for using the blunt instrument of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to balance the federal budget.

Coleman, chief executive officer of the conservative outfit the American Action Network, wrote:

The whole thing can be read here.

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