On October 10, after he and his allies had spent nearly $7 million attacking Al Franken on TV, Norm Coleman held a press conference to announce that he was taking down his negative ads. But that speech came with a wink to his special-interest allies, who have only intensified their campaign of vicious personal smears against Al Franken. Jeff Larson -- Coleman's closest political advisor, consultant, PAC treasurer, and even landlord -- is the consultant for some of these groups. And Coleman himself is seeking the chairmanship of another. Wink Watch will continue to track the negative attacks by Coleman's friends and allies so that Minnesotans can keep track of just how phony Coleman's pledge to "go positive" has been.