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powerlineblog.com - 1/27/2009
Election contest day one
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From the start, Senator Coleman's election contest challenging the 225-vote lead Al Franken secured during the recount figured to be an uphill battle. In "Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election" I tried to suggest the nature of the mistakes made by Coleman's campaign during the recount. The ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/27/2009
Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — We have seen the best thing that Norm Coleman's legal team has done so far in this... election trial -- and it ain't pretty. This afternoon the Coleman team was bringing in rejected absentee voters to show that their ballots were improperly tossed. ... (more) Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire

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Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash
mnpublius.com - 1/28/2009
Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash
— mnpublius.com — Today, Team Coleman’s blogger at MDE, Ryan Flynn, posted a tidbit today: “THOUSANDS OF HITS CRASH COLEMAN WEBSITE” ST... PAUL – Information recently added to the Coleman for Senate website, whereby people can find out which Minnesota ... (more) Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash

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Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/23/2009
Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — At a pre-trial hearing in the Minnesota election lawsuit just now, Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton made a... striking accusation: That the Coleman campaign has been doctoring evidence. As an example, Hamilton showed two photocopies of a rejected ... (more) Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence

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Opinionator:  Morning Skim: Minnesota's Senate, Banks and The Who

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Morning Skim: Minnesota's Senate, Banks and The Who
Opinionator — Powerline : Scott Johnson handicaps Norm Coleman’s legal challenge in the Minnesota Senate recount after Coleman’s first day in court: “At this point there is more suspense in seeing whether Senator Coleman can put in his case than in assessing the likely outcome of the proceedings.” Washington Post : ...

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'Slow-Motion Comedy Show': Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN
bradblog.com 1/31/2009 — This afternoon, Day 5 of the U.S. Senate election contest between former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and apparent-winner of the '08 election, Al Franken (D), Coleman offered another reason, just in case you needed one, to oppose his return to the Senate:  ...
'Can We Get a Do-Over? Or Help From the Supremes?': Week 2 Begins at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN — The BRAD BLOG
Remember back in 2000 when the Republicanists belittled elderly (and minority) voters, claiming that 'if they failed to fill out their ballots correctly, and failed to follow the simple voting rules, then they're idiots and their votes shouldn't be counted'? They made the case over and over ...
'Slow-Motion Comedy Show': Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]BRAD BLOG; TPM; More[/b] http://www.bradblog.com/Images/NormColeman_MNElectionContest__smile_012709_irony.jpg [font color="red"][b][i]'Slow-Motion Comedy Show': Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN[/b][/i][/font] [i]Wherein everybody ...
Coleman's Continuing Comedy of Errors: Days 2 & 3 at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN — The BRAD BLOG
While former radio talk show host and author Al Franken is consistently described in corporate media reports as "comedian Al Franken", it seems it's the legal team of former Senator Norm Coleman who are providing the laughs in the first days of the U.S. Senate election contest up in Minnesota, ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Hey! I Said “Better Tools, Please!” — Firedoglake
And I thought Monday's events were crazy. The Coleman contest is so bizarre it'd be rejected as a Ben Stiller script. As an UpTake commenter, Josh, said on the liveblog Tuesday: " [Comment From Josh] So recap: Day 1 is thrown out, pull out a couple of sympathetic witnesses, pull in a ...
MN-Sen: Purposefully throwing the case — Daily Kos
So my operating theory about the election contest in Minnesota is that the GOP and Norm Coleman know their case is hopeless. Coleman went and got a new job already, so he's already moved on. Yet Republicans persist because with Hillary Clinton out of the Senate, they need a new nationally-known ...
The Uptake: On Eve of Trial, Franken Jokes with his Radio Base (Exclusive Video) — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
US Senate Candidate Al Franken was loose and making jokes as his legal team prepared for Monday's election contest trial that could determine who is Minnesota's next US Senator. After a state-wide hand recount, Franken holds a 225-vote lead over former US Senator Norm Coleman. Coleman is ...