tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/6/2009
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How is the Franken campaign responding to the lawsuit from Norm Coleman, contesting the results of the Senate recount, which could bottle this up for months? In a briefing just now with reporters, lead Franken lawyer Marc Elias approached it with a very calm and sober demeanor -- and ridiculed ...
politico.com - 1/6/2009
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politico.com —
January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will
"never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered...
the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ...
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Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/8/2009
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I've been reading through the lawsuit that Norm
Coleman has filed against the result of the Minnesota...
Senate race, and it's a marvelous thing. The complaint ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting ...
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Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
powerlineblog.com - 1/7/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
The media coverage of the events related to
Minnesota's Senate election and subsequent recount has been so...
poor that it is difficult to determine what happened. The erosion of Senator Coleman's approximately 700 vote lead over Al Franken on November ...
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Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
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Talking Points Memo —
Franken campaign rolls out new (repeatedly used) title for Norm Coleman: "former Senator Coleman".
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Since You Seemed to Like That ....
Rising Hegemon —
... Anyway, have at it in comments. Your "10 Bests". Because if we talk any more about DiFi, and Blago, Burris, Reid, and former senator Norm Coleman we're going to lose our minds before inauguration day.
Practically Giggling, Al Franken's Lawyer Addresses 'Former Senator Coleman'
Politics Daily —
... philosophy of Al Franken's lawyer Marc Elias, who briefed reporters on the legal challenges being staged by Franken's opponent, Norm Coleman. Up until the weekend, Coleman was a sitting United States Senator. But now, with the 111th Congress officially sworn in, Coleman trailing Franken by 225 votes, and the Minnesota State Elections Board having certified Franken the winner... it looks like Coleman is just another "former" Senator. A point that Elias is all too happy to point out... Elias repeatedly referred to ...
Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... that Burris should be seated. * At a press conference to discuss the latest in a series of Norm Coleman lawsuits, Al Franken's aides kept referring to " former Senator Coleman ." * Obama has transferred some of his leftover campaign funds ...
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By Eric Black | Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Norm Coleman's statement announcing that he would contest the election result struck the right tone. But it seems unlikely that the courts will ...
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