The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, which endorsed Norm Coleman for re-election in 2008, has a new editorial that goes right down the middle on Coleman's intention to appeal his loss in the election trial. On the one hand, they say he raises serious issues that deserve a fair hearing at the state Supreme Court -- but on the other hand, it better be done quickly:

The gravity of his charge, and the need for this election contest to end with a result that Minnesotans widely accept as credible, make a Minnesota Supreme Court review of the district court panel's decision worthwhile.

We add this caveat: That review should be conducted with as much expedition as appellate jurists can muster. Coleman has a right to appeal, and the absentee voters whose ballots he seeks to add to the count have a right to serious consideration under the law.

But those rights stand in increasingly evident tension with Minnesota's constitutional right to dual representation in the U.S. Senate.

It does look like everyone's patience is running thin, insofar as it's still there at all.