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politico.com - 1/6/2009
Coleman contesting recount
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Coleman is filing a lawsuit to contest the results of the Minn. recount that declared Franken the winner.
politico.com - 1/6/2009
Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
— politico.com — January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered... the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ... (more) Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"

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powerlineblog.com - 1/7/2009
Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
— powerlineblog.com — The media coverage of the events related to Minnesota's Senate election and subsequent recount has been so... poor that it is difficult to determine what happened. The erosion of Senator Coleman's approximately 700 vote lead over Al Franken on November ... (more) Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election

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Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
abcnews.go.com - 1/5/2009
Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
— abcnews.go.com — Two months after Minnesota voters went to the polls, Democrat Al Franken has been declared the winner... of the U.S. Senate race, but his opponent, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, is ready to challenge the results in court. Franken, the comedian and ... (more) Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Reid to Coleman: It’s time to go

Say Anything:  Harry Reid: It’s Time For Norm Coleman To Give Up

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Reid to Coleman: It’s time to go
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Coleman’s reply? A formal announcement this afternoon that he’s filing suit to contest the election . Follow the link for Politico video from the presser. Normally I look dimly at court battles in these circumstances, but given the ...

Harry Reid: It’s Time For Norm Coleman To Give Up
Say Anything — ... .  And there are more than enough grounds for the lawsuit Coleman just filed contesting the election results. ...

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talkleft.com 1/2/2009 — I hate this type of hypocrisy - TPM and JedL are criticizing Norm Coleman for exercising his legal right to contest the Minnesota Senate election. Excuse me, when Coleman was asking Franken to concede when Franken was trailing by 600 votes (Franken ...
The Good News for Coleman...
fivethirtyeight.com 1/7/2009 — ...is that the Minnesota Supreme Court's order (.pdf) today didn't make any judgment whatsoever about the merits of Coleman's case on absentee ballots. It merely said that the time to resolve these things is during an election contest, not during the ...
Franken-Coleman Update: The Escalation of the Smears — Firedoglake
It\'s now going to a three-judge panel, folks! As mentioned yesterday , Norm Coleman -- despite the near-certainty that he is going to have his ass handed back to him as very-expensively-prepared legal sashimi -- has done the will of his Republican masters and filed a contest of the ...
Chief Justice will recuse himself from Coleman contest — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Minnesota Independent[/b] By Paul Demko 1/7/09 10:02 AM Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson will recuse himself from participating in Norm Coleman’s legal contest of the U.S. Senate race, according to John Kostouros, Communications Director for the ...
Minnesota Recount: Coleman files election contest — Hot Air » Top Picks
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MN-Sen: Is Coleman Asking For A Full Recount In His Contest Petition? — TalkLeft
When I contemplated Norm Coleman's contest of the Minnesota Senate result, I assumed he would make discrete specific challenges (i.e. - specific rulings on objections to the determination of election judges, the exclusion of certain rejected absentee ballots, the inclusion of certain duplicate ...
Franken-Coleman Recount Update: The Knaak-Trimble Retirement Fund — Firedoglake
It's going to a three-judge panel, folks! Looked at objectively, Norm Coleman doesn't have a case to contest the results of the recount that dislodged him from his Senate seat. Any suit he could file is going to cost him a few million just for his own lawyers -- and should he lose, ...
Coleman sues over Franken's Senate recount victory — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Houston Chronicle[/b] ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months. At a Capitol news conference filled with ...
The latest on the Franken/Coleman contest — Sister Toldjah
The Minnesota bloggers over at Power Line remind everyone that the Senate race in their state is not over in spite of the fact that Franken was “ declared ” the winner yesterday, and argue pursuasively that Norm Coleman has legitimate legal challenges that need to be resolved. ...
Norm Coleman Provides a Lesson for the Legal Profession — The Reality-Based Community
Norm Coleman will officially contest Franken's election to the US Senate, despite virtually no evidence supporting any of his claims. That's his right, of course: while Franken should be provisionally seated now, as a Democrat I believe that all wrongfully excluded ballots should be ...
Norm Coleman formally announces he’s contesting Senate election — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]MinnPost[/b] Sen. Norm Coleman said minutes ago that he will contest the result of the 2008 U.S. Senate election and take the result to court. Coleman lost the final vote recount by 225 votes to Al Franken, who Monday declared victory after the State Canvassing Board declared he ...
re: Franken Wins — The Corner on National Review Online
No, no, no. Not yet, anyway. From my recount guy: Coleman will file an election contest. The biased and inconsistent rulings handed down by the partisan Sec or State Mark Ritchie and the canvassing board he heads demands that Coleman do so, more than for himself but for every Minnesotan who ...
Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AP via Yahoo News[/b] MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state officials said on Sunday. But Coleman, the ...
Franken To Be Declared Senate Victor In Minnesota — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, a state official said on Sunday. Coleman, the incumbent, is expected to challenge the result ...
Franken To Be Declared Senate Victor In Minnesota — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, a state official said on Sunday. Coleman, the incumbent, is expected to challenge the result ...
Norm Coleman to Lose Seat Before Losing It — Outside The Beltway | OTB
Norm Coleman is likely out of a job, despite his election contest not being settled. When the 111th Congress convenes, Coleman may be out of an office. Photo: AP Coleman’s first term officially expires at noon on Saturday, and he is locked in one of the closest Senate races in history, with ...