breitbart.com - 2/5/2009
—
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Lawyers for Democrat Al Franken told Minnesota's highest court Thursday that he should be certified as the winner of his tight Senate race with Republican Norm Coleman without waiting for the outcome of his rival's legal challenge. The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral ...
cbslocalblogs.prospero.com - 2/5/2009
—
cbslocalblogs.prospero.com —
Tomorrow it will be a month since I
have seen Al Franken. Make that since anyone in...
Minnesota has seen Franken. That was the day he proclaimed victory after the Canvassing Board certified his 225-vote win. He took no questions after his brief ...
(more)
Desperately Seeking Al
thehill.com - 2/12/2009
—
thehill.com —
The Senate may be short one member, but
Republicans don’t seem to mind. GOP strategists acknowledge just...
keeping Democrat Al Franken out of Republican Norm Coleman’s Senate seat could have legislative benefits. Franken is clinging to a 225-vote lead, ...
(more)
GOP senators in no hurry for Minn. seat to be filled
Comments
Blog Reactions
Franken to Minnesota Supreme Court: Can't I Be Senator Already?
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, 2008 SenateAl Franken is sick of wating for Norm Coleman's legal challenges to play out. Today his lawyers went before Minnesota's highest court to plead the case that Franken should be certified as senator, even if it's only temporarily. Their argument is that the court cases could take months and the people's business needs doing. Minnesota law states that the governor and secretary of state must certify the election. Coleman's lawyers say since GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie both have refused to do so, Franken will just have to ...
Al in a Box
The American Spectator —
Campaign Crawlers Campaign Crawlers Al in a Box By Nicole Russell on 2.17.09 @ 6:07AM As the recount trial for Senator Norm Coleman and Al Franken heads into its fourth week, a few things are becoming clear: Al Franken doesn't have the bearing of a U.S. senator -- and he may not have the votes to become one either. On Election Day, the Minnesota Senate race was in a dead heat. After a baffling and flawed recount which showed Al Franken ahead by a mere 225 votes, Senator Coleman and his team of legal experts brought the case to court. The Coleman camp must prove there were errors during the recount process. Franken must prove Coleman ...
Related Content
Senator Franken, At Last?
truthdig.com 1/5/2009 — After recounting 2.4 million ballots, Minnesota officials are expected to name Al Franken the state’s next senator, winning by a mere 225 votes. Franken’s rival, Sen. Norm Coleman, will likely fight the decision in the state supreme ...
There’s Hope For Franken Yet
truthdig.com 12/19/2008 — BradBlog has the latest from the endless recount battle in Minnesota, where Al Franken has apparently pulled into a two-vote lead. Results are day-to-day, but the Star Tribune is predicting Franken will win out by fewer than 100 votes.
...
Franken: Senate "Going To Try" To Seat Him
huffingtonpost.com 1/22/2009 — WASHINGTON — It's no joke: Senate Democrats are moving toward letting comedian Al Franken join the chamber while Republican Norm Coleman's election lawsuit is pending.
"We're going to try to seat Al Franken," Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
Franken Makes Case To Let Senate Decide
cqpolitics.com 1/22/2009 — Democratic candidate Al Franken made a bid Wednesday to short-circuit the court case that’s intended to give Minnesota a winner in its closely contested Senate race. Attorneys for Franken argued that a state court should dismiss the lawsuit filed by ...
GOP Group In Panic Over Possible Franken Win
huffingtonpost.com 12/24/2008 — The possible, perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP officials into a paranoid tizzy.
In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of ...
Editors: Remember Count Every Vote?
article.nationalreview.com 2/4/2009 — D emocrats want to declare an end to the Minnesota Senate race, with Al Franken the winner and Norm Coleman the sore loser. In an appearance with Franken last week, Harry Reid averred: The race in Minnesota is over with. . . . There s no way the ...
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 ...
Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?
weeklystandard.com 12/19/2008 — The AP puts Norm Coleman's lead at 2 votes, causing Allahpundit and Kathryn Lopez , among others, to despair. There may be good reason to be anxious, if not desperate, but not because of the AP count.
Tomorrow morning the AP will show Franken ...
Why we keep questioning the recount
scsuscholars.com 1/22/2009 — Suppose you are an election official in a precinct. You are collecting ballots with a machine that measures people as they come through the door. At one point your machine breaks down. You replace the machine with a backup, but you fail to turn that ...
Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
bradblog.com 12/13/2008 — We've been on the road for several weeks, and haven't been able to report on the day-to-day details of the hand-count of the razor-thin U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D). Happily, the ...
Downballot: Geography is destiny —
First Read 2/6/2009
MINNESOTA: The state Supreme Court yesterday “heard oral arguments on Franken's request for a certificate of election now, at least on an interim basis, so that Minnesota's empty seat can be filled without waiting the months it may take for the courts ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
