tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/30/2009
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The Minnesota election trial is continuing today, after the Franken campaign spent the morning laying out their claim that Norm Coleman's legal arguments at this point cannot be taken at face value.
Specifically, Franken attorney David Lillehaug reviewed rejected absentee ballots that were ...
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 ...
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 ...
Election contest day one
powerlineblog.com 1/27/2009 — 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 ...
Insults Fly Ahead Of Minnesota Election Trial
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/26/2009 — One thing is clear going into today's election trial in Minnesota: The Franken and Coleman camps really don't like each other.
Yesterday, the Coleman team posted a YouTube promoting their new push to have the rejected absentee ballots reviewed yet ...
Franken Lawyer Gets Coleman Witness to Concede Having Bad Evidence
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/26/2009 — The Minnesota election trial just had a truly brutal moment, one that could undermine the credibility of Norm Coleman's whole case.
The Coleman campaign summoned political director Kristen Fuzer up to the stand to testify to the provenance of the ...
The Minnesota Election Trial: A Legal Mess
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/29/2009 — The Minnesota election court is rolling along without delays today, and the fairly productive morning we've just had served to make even clearer something that we've known all along: Once you get to the most minute levels of an election, the whole ...
Franken-Coleman Election Trial Begins Monday —
News
Former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) court challenge of Democrat Al Franken's lead in their Senate race begins Monday.
Franken was certified the winner by a margin of 225 votes by the state canvassing board. But Coleman's camp is arguing that his deficit is due to improperly counted absentee ...
Judge Puts Coleman Back In Minnesota Senate Race —
Say Anything
Al Franken, call your office.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The judges in Minnesota’s Senate election trial threw Republican Norm Coleman a lifeline on Tuesday, opening the door to adding nearly 5,000 rejected absentee ballots to a race that Democrat Al Franken leads by just 225 votes.
It ...
Decision Boosts Coleman's Chances —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Judges said that nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots may be reconsidered in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount trial, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports, which "would appear to be enough to put the ultimate outcome in doubt."
Al Franken (D), who holds a 225 vote lead in the race, had asked ...
Former Pres. Bush Writes Coleman to Offer Support —
News
Former President George H.W. Bush got involved in Minnesota's still-contested Senate race, writing Sen. Norm Coleman (R) on Thursday to lend his support in his election challenge to Democrat Al Franken.
"I have been following the developments in Minnesota for some time and we are no strangers to ...
Editors: Remember Count Every Vote? —
Articles on National Review Online
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 election results are going to change. This is ...
The Franken-Coleman Trial —
The Corner on National Review Online
Today is the first day of the election contest trial for Minnesota's Senate seat. Proceedings begin at 2 pm EST. Franken's counsel, Marc Elias, held a conference call moments ago with reporters in which he accused the Coleman campaign of doing an "about face" in its effort to "count every vote" ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup —
Talking Points Memo
Meanwhile, back in Minnesota, the Franken-Coleman election contest trial begins today. That and the day's other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup .
An election contest preview —
Power Line
The election contest brought by Senator Coleman to determine the winner of his race against Al Franken for begins this afternoon in St. Paul before a panel of three judges. Star Tribune reporter Kevin Duchschere profiles the three judges here . Former Star Tribune reporter Jay Weiner previews ...
Downballot: Day 2 of recount trial —
First Read
"On Day 2 of the trial over Coleman's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Senate recount, lawyers for him and for Democrat Al Franken questioned a half-dozen voters whose absentee ballots were rejected, a group that was generally sympathetic and indignant ...
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