tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/8/2009
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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 and opposes the same maneuver when it goes ...
politico.com - 1/6/2009
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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 ...
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Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
powerlineblog.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
abcnews.go.com - 1/5/2009
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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 ...
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Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
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'Daily Voting News' For January 7, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... Senate recount: It's unlikely Coleman will win in court http://www.minnpost.com/...oleman_will_win_in_court
MN: Endless Vote Recounting Tests Minnesota Niceness http://www.nytimes.com/2...cs/07minnesota.html?_r=1
MN: Lawmakers look at election reforms, post-recount http://minnesota.publicr...9/01/07/electionreforms/
MN: Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks --- And I Won http://tpmelectioncentra...ection_stinks_--_and.php
NJ: ...
Thursday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
THURSDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Norm Coleman has, of course, filed a last-gasp lawsuit challenging his defeat in Minnesota. Eric Kleefeld went through the filing and came away unimpressed . * Alex Sink, Florida's popular Chief Financial Officer, is ...
Coleman: Haven't I Won Yet?
Talking Points Memo —
Here's the official TPM analysis of Norm Coleman's highly meritorious lawsuit to overturn the recount.
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Coleman Election Challenge: Minnesotans Oppose
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The Coleman lawsuit itself is a site to behold. As Eric Kleefeld notes at Talking Points Memo: it "ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting and opposes the same maneuver when it goes against them, attacks not just the recount but votes that were counted for Franken all along, and overall throws everything against the wall to see what sticks." ...
Coleman Election Challenge: Minnesotans Oppose
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The Coleman lawsuit itself is a site to behold. As Eric Kleefeld notes at Talking Points Memo: it "ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting and opposes the same maneuver when it goes against them, attacks not just the recount but votes that were counted for Franken all along, and overall throws everything against the wall to see what sticks." ...
Coleman's Contest: 'Thin Gruel, Warmed-Over Leftovers,' Says Franken Attorney
The BRAD BLOG —
... final say --- before legal election contests are fully settled.
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."
We've been on the road since the complaint was filed, and haven't had time to review the 204-page suit [PDF] ourselves, but thankfully, TPM's Eric Kleefeld has done so, and reports it as "a marvelous thing"...
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Franken-Coleman Update: The Long Goodbye
Firedoglake —
... serving as the state's chief prosecutor and solicitor general under Warren Spannaus and Skip Humphrey. But with his truly Calvinballed contest of the recount, he's pretty much queered any future attempts by him at electoral politics. Even some conservatives, like blogger ...
Senate Guru: NH-Sen & MN-Sen: Bipartisanship
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... clear political trend in New Hampshire is Democratic.
Democrats are bending over backwards to embody the spirit of bipartisanship to which Republicans in the Senate only exploit and pay lip-service. Why do I say this, and what does this have to do with MN-Sen (though you've probably guessed by now)?
Minnesota only has one seated U.S. Senator, Amy Klobuchar. Norm Coleman's term expired last month, and Senator-elect Al Franken's seating is held up by Coleman's frivolous, foot-dragging, evidence-free lawsuit, which has featured apparently-doctored ...
Franken vs. Coleman: Our Top 10 Moments
TPM Election Central —
... Coleman's lawsuit is filed right after the recount is completed, and is filled with contradictions and flimsy legal arguments. Basically, Coleman and his lawyers say the entire election was tainted, and he deserves to win. In Eric's words, his strategy is "overall throw[ing] everything against the wall to see what sticks." ...
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In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
fivethirtyeight.com 1/3/2009 — UPDATE (9:48 AM): The state will now begin counting the ballots; see The Uptake for live video coverage. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Coleman's petition, nor was the recount team in St. Paul willing to delay the counting until it heard from ...
MN-Sen: Petty partisan politics from GOP
dailykos.com 1/2/2009 — The open question in Minnesota's Senate race is no longer who will win, but when he will be seated. As TPM's Eric Kleefeld outlines , Al Franken has effectively won, but because Norm Coleman is playing the part of a sore loser, Minnesota's senate ...
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race.
A series of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ...
Franken Senate Victory Projected
huffingtonpost.com 12/19/2008 — Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded him a host of challenged votes during deliberations on Thursday.
As of 8PM ET, the Minneapolis Star ...
Count every vote, Republican style
powerlineblog.com 1/22/2009 — When the canvas of local tallies was completed by local election officials after election day, Al Franken trailed Norm Coleman by roughly the same number of votes that Coleman trails Franken following the recount (225). Some twelve thousand absentee ...
TheHill.com
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ...
Hold Your Horses, Minnesota
fivethirtyeight.com 12/18/2008 — The State of Minnesota's Canvassing Board has finished adjudicating challenges brought to the Board by Al Franken. They will begin evaluating challenges brought by Norm Coleman's campaign tomorrow. The Star Tribune has logged 391 challenges made by ...
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