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Coleman goes to court over Senate recount
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"
Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — I've been reading through the lawsuit that Norm Coleman has filed against the result of the Minnesota Senate race, and it's a marvelous thing. The complaint ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting ... (more) Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
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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Coleman Goes To Court
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... The epic race for the MN senate seat will have yet another chapter before its finale. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman announced today that he'll take the fight for the seat to the state Supreme Court, less than a day after the state canvassing board certfied Democrat Al Franken's 225-vote win after a statewide recount. ...

Coleman Sues over Minnesota Senate Recount Results
CNSNews.com Headlines — (CNSNews.com) Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the recount results of the Minnesota Senate race that declared Democrat Al Franken the winner. Coleman claims that in the recount, some votes were counted twice and that more votes were counted in a single precinct than votes cast on Election Day. Also, Coleman alleges that thousands of absentee ballots were wrongly rejected and still not included in the recount. At a news conference in St. Paul, Coleman announced, We are filing this contest to be absolutely sure that every valid vote was ...

Irony-Laden Quote of the Moment...
The BRAD BLOG — Said Norm Coleman, as he announced his election contest: "Democracy is not a machine. Sometimes it's messy and inconvenient, and reaching the best conclusion is never quick because speed is not the first objective, fairness is." He also ...

Coleman's Contest: 'Thin Gruel, Warmed-Over Leftovers,' Says Franken Attorney
The BRAD BLOG — ... On Tuesday, Coleman filed his expected election contest in state court, which Franken's attorneys memorably described as "the same thin gruel, warmed-over leftovers ... that they have been serving the last few weeks." ...

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Coleman speaks!
politico.com 12/23/2008 — Blog: For the first time since the Minnesota Senate recount began, Sen. Norm Coleman briefly talked to a Minneapolis TV station about the recount
Coleman: I'm Going To Court
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/6/2009 — Norm Coleman has made it official: He is filing a lawsuit to challenge the election result in Minnesota, which he does not believe to be a valid count -- and he is making clear that for the sake democracy, Al Franken should not be seated in the ...
Coleman's best hope is in court
startribune.com 1/5/2009 — Nearly seven weeks after Norm Coleman entered the recount with a slim lead, his chances of retaining his U.S. Senate seat now depend increasingly on his bid to count hundreds of rejected absentee ballots from mostly Republican-leaning precincts. The ...
Coleman Lawyers Up
powerlineblog.com 11/28/2008 — With the Thanksgiving holiday, there hasn't been much news in the Senate recount contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. The Minneapolis Star Tribune shows Coleman with a 282-vote lead, with 88 percent of ballots recounted. It seems clear at ...
Coleman v. Minnesota Canvassing Board
fivethirtyeight.com 12/18/2008 — This afternoon, Minnesota's Supreme Court will take up Norm Coleman's request (PDF) to stop the counting of so-called "fifth-pile" absentee ballots in Minnesota. These are ballots that initially were rejected by the counties, but that upon further ...
Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?
fivethirtyeight.com 12/23/2008 — In a 26-page response (.pdf) filed on Monday with the Minnesota Supreme Court, Al Franken's campaign disputes Norm Coleman's claim that a significant number of ballots were double-counted in Minnesota, chiding Coleman's petition for a lack of ...
Don't Look Now, But ...
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/26/2009 — If you haven't been following Eric Kleefeld's bang-up coverage of the Minnesota Senate election saga at TPMDC (come to think of it, this fiasco pre-dates the launch of TPMDC and dates back to our TPM Election Central days -- just another reminder ...
Coleman To Court: No, Don't Throw Out My Case
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/7/2009 — Team Coleman has just filed their formal opposition to the Franken campaign's motion to dismiss all of the various counts in the Coleman lawsuit, demonstrating a fundamental disagreement going on here: Team Franken insists that Coleman is bound to a ...
Little Hope for Coleman
njdc.org 4/1/2009 — Politico reports, “Court leaves Coleman with little hope.” On Monday, I wrote that Coleman should do what is in his best interest and move along with his life. It seems that the courts agree. Here’s the beginning of the article: Democrats are hailing a ruling from a ...
Franken Coleman Recount
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 11/26/2008 — The Coleman campaign continued its addition-by-subtraction campaign, challenging considerably more ballots than Franken's people did today in order to create an artificial "lead" of 231 (per the StarTribune ). Franken's campaign claims ...
Political Perceptions: Is it Sen. Al Franken—Or Not?WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/6/2009
Will it be Sen. Al Franken now—or not? “Minnesota’s canvassing board is set to certify comedian Al Franken as the winner of the Senate race by 225 votes, or less than one-one thousandth of a percent,” notes Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic, ...
Coleman Sues Over Senate Recount ResultNYT > Politics 1/6/2009
Republican Norm Coleman is suing to challenge Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race. >
Coleman files suit over Minnesota election resultsCNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman has instructed his lawyers to move forward with the lawsuit contesting the decision to certify results of the Minnesota recount. (CNN) — Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman has officially filed a lawsuit to contest the ...
Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount result (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/7/2009
AP - 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.
Coleman Sues Over Minnesota Senate RecountTIME.com Top Politics Stories 1/7/2009
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