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Analyst: Senate may decide Minn. election
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Steven Smith told the broadcaster, citing the canvassing board's decision this week to disallow disputed absentee ballots that Franken had urged be counted. The board's move was "a cause for great concern," Reid said this week, and those comments may indicate his willingness to start a Senate investigation of the Minnesota recount, Smith said. And if so, it's possible that Franken's argument regarding rejected absentee ballots could be reconsidered by U.S. senators. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/29/Analyst_Senate_m... /
The Beat Goes On
Suburban Guerrilla —
In Minnesota Senate race:
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29 (UPI) — A statement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes it more likely the Senate could intervene in a Minnesota election, an analyst says.
The Minnesota U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is undergoing a recount, with the candidates separated by less than 300 votes out of 2.9 million cast. But a controversial decision by the state’s Elections Canvassing Board could end up throwing the election ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
The U.S. Senate could intervene in the Minnesota election. "Ultimately, the Senate has complete authority to determine who was elected," Washington University political scientist Steven Smith told the broadcaster, citing the canvassing board's decision this week to disallow disputed absentee ballots that Franken had urged be counted. The board's move was "a cause for great concern," Reid said this week, and those comments may indicate his willingness to start a Senate investigation of the Minnesota recount, Smith said. And if so, it's possible ...
US Senate Decides Minnesota Election? Franken vs. Coleman
Politics Daily —
Filed under: 2008 SenateUPI.com The Minnesota U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is undergoing a recount, with the candidates separated by less than 300 votes out of 2.9 million cast. But a controversial decision by the state's Elections Canvassing Board could end up throwing the election into the lap of the Senate itself, a scholar told Minnesota Public Radio. "Ultimately, the Senate has complete authority to determine who was elected," Washington University political scientist ...
Franken-Coleman Recount, 12/1/08: Chaos Chaos Chaos! (Not.)
Firedoglake —
... What's been rather amusing lately is how the quasi-apocalyptic predictions of Steven Smith, a political-science professor from Washington University in St. Louis, have been elevated almost into Holy Writ because for some reason Minnesota Public Radio tapped him for instant analysis, rather than going with any of the local political observers. Smith decided to take this statement by Harry Reid -- that the Minnesota state canvassing board's refusal to admit that it does have the authority to rule is "a cause for great concern" -- and turn it into an alleged willingness ...
