talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/26/2009
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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 that here it is almost March and the results of ...
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 ...
Franken Moves To Throw Out Coleman's Lawsuit -- Or At Least Some Of It
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/6/2009 — Al Franken's legal team has now filed their expected motion to dismiss each and every single one of Norm Coleman's legal claims in the election contest -- that is, asking that either the whole case be thrown out, or at least that some of the claims ...
Is Losing What’s Best for Coleman?
njdc.org 4/3/2009 — On Monday, I wrote a post, “What is Best for Coleman?” It looks like I left out an important part of what’s “best” for Coleman. I neglected to take into account, “ even if Norm Coleman pulls off a miracle win in his Senate race/trial/appeal against Al ...
Coleman Says 'God Wants Me to Serve'
blog.lib.umn.edu 2/9/2009 — While Al Franken remains fairly elusive, Norm Coleman is keeping a high profile these days as his court challenge of the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount plods along. Coleman is adept, somewhat too adept, his critics might say, at skillfully tailoring...
Profiles in Bad Online Organizing: Part 1 (DSCC)
openleft.com 4/9/2009 — Working for MoveOn from 2005-2008, I wrote lots of emails inviting people to take action. At Change Congress and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee , my two hats these days, I still do. I know as well as anyone that some emails that you ...
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 ...
Aaron Keyak: What is Best for Coleman?
huffingtonpost.com 3/30/2009 — This morning when I read JTA's "World War III over a Senate seat?" I couldn't help but worry that this battle may be far from over.
In JTA's post on the Minnesota Senate race, Eric Fingerhut asked, "Will Minnesota ever get its second senator?" ...
Is Coleman's Goal a Do-Over?
fivethirtyeight.com 1/17/2009 — Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. And maybe, Norm Coleman is hoping, elections in Minnesota. Call it a hunch, but a couple of recent articles suggest that Norm Coleman's goal might not be to pull ahead of Al Franken outright, but ...
Coleman/Franken Monday Roundup 4/6
njdc.org 4/6/2009 — Coleman/Franken Monday roundup:
The Hill: Senate GOPs back Coleman all the way
Senate Republicans are backing their beleaguered colleague in Minnesota, saying former Sen. Norm Coleman should push his election case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Politico: Franken-Coleman gravy ...
Downballot: Another blow for Norm —
First Read 2/26/2009
MINNESOTA: "It wasn't just Norm Coleman's list of ballots that was shrinking Wednesday. It was also his witness list," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. "Pamela Howell, a Republican election judge in Minneapolis who Coleman had hoped would bolster ...
Downballot: Coleman’s luck improves —
First Read 2/27/2009
MINNESOTA: The Star Tribune: “Norm Coleman's luck improved a bit Thursday, as judges in the U.S. Senate recount trial ordered an inspection of about 1,500 rejected absentee ballot envelopes and changed their minds about letting a Coleman witness ...
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