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the winner - him, al franken!
skippy the bush kangaroo — well, it's all over except the appeals...the minnesota panel hearing norm coleman's case has declared the winner of the senate seat to be him, al franken. startrib: ...

Roger Ailes — ... Okay, I'll narrow that down. A Minnesota Republican and soon to be indicted former United States Senator who thinks he's above the law: ...

Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 15
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Well... it's over: After a trial spanning nearly three months, Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Al Franken's lead in the recount of the U.S. Senate election was soundly rejected today by a three-judge panel that dismissed the Republican's lawsuit. The judges swept away Coleman's argument that the election and its aftermath were fraught with systemic errors that made the results invalid. "The ...

Hang It Up, Norm
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "After a trial spanning nearly three months, Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Al Franken's lead in the recount of the U.S. Senate election was soundly rejected today by a three-judge panel that ...

Franken...
Althouse — ... wins. blog advertising blog advertising

Hang It Up, Norm
Political Animal — Hang It Up, Norm From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune : "After a trial spanning nearly three months, Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Al Franken's lead in the recount of the U.S. Senate election was soundly rejected today by a three-judge panel that dismissed the Republican's lawsuit. The judges swept away Coleman's argument that the election and its aftermath were fraught with systemic errors that made the results invalid. "The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the Nov. 4, 2008, election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately," the panel said in its ...

Is Norm Coleman Getting His Money's Worth?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Norm Coleman's already-slim chances of prevailing in the election contest in Minnesota have now entered Calista Flockhart territory today after a Minnesota panel ruled that Al Franken has in fact won the election. See Rick Hasen for a cogent legal analysis of the issues at hand and the current status of the case. Coleman has already announced that he will appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and has also implied ta he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Because Minnesota will not issue an election certificate until the Minnesota Supreme Court ...

Time for Coleman to Concede Election
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... Yesterday’s ruling by a three-judge panel that “The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the Nov. 4, 2008, election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately” and that Al Franken “received the highest number of votes legally cast” and “is therefore entitled to receive the certificate of election” should, but likely won’t, put an end to the nightmare that was Minnesota’s Senate contest.  ...

Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — ... Lil' Kim is up to no good again. Bye, Norm. How about this for change? Or this? Amazing numbers. No one knows what exactly  they're protesting. Heh. Share

Franken Is No Longer "Leading"-- He Won
DownWithTyranny! — ... Al Franken is as entitled to a seat and a vote in the U.S. Senate as either Mike Johanns (R-NE) or Jim Risch (R-ID), the only two Republican freshmen. It's been obvious for months that Coleman's RNC-financed frivolous law suits and challengers were just about preventing Franken from taking his seat, not about really contesting the election. The best explanation for what the Republican Party is doing was blurted out by Michele Bachmann supporter Jim Bendtsen from Anoka County just north of Minneapolis. He told ...

Minnesota Recount: Panel gives election to Franken
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... As expected based on its initial rulings on absentee ballots, the Minnesota election contest panel reviewing the Senate race has awarded the election to Al Franken over Norm Coleman.  The additional ballots allowed by the panel actually increased Franken’s lead, and the panel ruled that Coleman did not prove any systemic failure in the election or recount process.  It called the evidence for Franken “overwhelming”: Three judges soundly rejected Norm Coleman’s attempt to reverse Al Franken’s lead in the U.S. Senate election late Monday, sweeping away the Republican’s claims in ...

Senator Al Franken
Shakesville — So sayeth a three-panel judge in Minnesota. Sayeth Norm Coleman: "I'm totes gonna appeal, bitchez!" And thus our democracy flourishes in a courtroom once again. ...

That's Senator Franken to you
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — It's time for Norm Coleman to concede the election. From Judges rule Franken winner; Coleman to appeal: After a trial spanning nearly three months, the judicial panel dismissed Coleman's central argument that the election and its aftermath were fraught with systemic errors that made the results invalid. "The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the Nov. 4, 2008, election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately," the panel said in its unanimous ...

Judges Rule Franken Winner, Coleman to Fight On
The Democratic Daily — ... Three judges soundly rejected Norm Coleman’s attempt to reverse Al Franken’s lead in the U.S. Senate election late Monday, sweeping away the Republican’s claims in a blunt ruling Coleman promised to appeal. ...

Franken wins. Coleman to appeal
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'Daily Voting News' For April 14, 2009
The BRAD BLOG — ... at Chicago's Central Vote-Tabulating Room http://www.opednews.com/...Lipscomb-090414-167.html IL: Low turnout has state debating voting by mail http://www.galesburg.com...-debating-voting-by-mail MN: Franken – Coleman Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order for Judgement http://josephhall.org/tm...Nfinalfindingsoffact.pdf MN: Judges rule Franken winner; Coleman to appeal http://www.startribune.c...cyUtyycyUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU NY: ...