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electionlawblog.org - 6/1/2009

Live Blogging the Coleman Franken Oral Argument

— electionlawblog.org — Now that the oral arguments have concluded, here are my tentative thoughts (you can find my earlier... live blog below the fold): 1. It is always dangerous to guess how a court is going to come out based upon oral... (more) Live Blogging the Coleman Franken Oral Argument

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thehill.com - 5/31/2009

Coleman, Franken prep to face off on appeal

— thehill.com — Monday's oral arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court may finally bring an end to the state's protracted... Senate race, and both sides are proclaiming readiness. Lawyers for former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and Democrat Al Franken have prepped for the ... (more) Coleman, Franken prep to face off on appeal

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dailykos.com - 6/2/2009

MN-Sen: Franken poised to win. Again.

— dailykos.com — The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on sore-loser Norm Coleman's efforts to overthrow the will... of the voters just because he wants to stay in office. It didn't go well for him, per election lawyer Rick Hasen: It is always ... (more) MN-Sen: Franken poised to win. Again.

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Eschaton — This was my first thought when I heard about Pawlenty not running for re-election and probably running for president. My second thought was that our media, which has basically ignored Coleman's silly attempt to delay Franken being seated, will think that it's perfectly normal. ...

Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Not Running For Third Term
PoliGazette — ... Other analysts are saying that this also means Pawlenty will likely adopt a no-surrender approach in favor of Norm Coleman in his continuing election contest against Al Franken. Such a reading is suspicious on two counts. First, some of the primary pushers of the idea that Pawlenty will adopt a dead-ender extremism are partisan Democrats. One should always be suspicious when those who clearly hate conservatives make predictions about conservatives’ motivations and likely behavior. Second, such an approach would not, as the anti-conservatives claim, endear Pawlenty to ...

No Pawlenty in 2010
The Reaction — ... Similarly, Josh Marshall thinks that "Pawlenty will likely have just enough wiggle room to refuse to [certify Franken's victory], if he wishes, perhaps using the excuse of possible litigation on Coleman's behalf in the federal judiciary": "As long as he was going to run for governor and had to face Minnesota voters again, there was good reason for him not to completely stick his finger in the eye of the election process. But now that's not holding him back. And since he's probably running for president, he'll have tons of incentive to pander to the hardcore tea-bagging ...

6/3: Pawlenty Of Speculation
Blogometer — ... candidate), but because they think his decision is bad news for Senate candidate Al Franken (D). Why? The netroots believe that Pawlenty is now less likely to sign a certificate of election that would allow the Senate to seat Franken, since the governor no longer has to worry about facing MN voters. In fact, now that Pawlenty appears increasingly likely to run for President, the netroots worry that he has "tons of incentive to pander to the hardcore tea-bagging wing of the GOP and keep Franken out of the senate as long as he can." Conservative blogger ...