dailykos.com - 1/10/2009
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dailykos.com —
More great news for Norm Coleman, from our
new Research 2000 poll conducted on Thursday and Friday...
for Daily Kos (MOE 4%): Do you favor or oppose Norm Coleman's legal challenge to Al Franken's victory? FAVOR: 34% OPPOSE: 47% NOT SURE: 19% ...
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MN-Sen: Minnesotans Oppose Coleman Lawsuit, Favor ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/17/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
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 ...
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Is Coleman's Goal a Do-Over?
politico.com - 1/22/2009
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politico.com —
Last session's senior senator from Minnesota Norm Coleman,
still battling Al Franken to be seated in the...
Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which harshly attacked Obama last fall, its executive director, ...
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Coleman takes a job
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Coleman Turns To Lawyer Representing His Major Benefactor
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... That Coleman would turn to the same lawyer representing his benefactor doesn't appear to create a legal conflict of interest. But the optics -- a circle of well-connected and powerful officials doing legal and political deeds for one another -- are not great. Moreover, there are already questions swirling as to how Coleman, one of the Senate's least rich members, can afford the legal bills to mount his post-election legal challenges. By retaining a high-profile attorney who is already representing one of his chief donors, he will likely only add to the speculation. ...
Coleman Turns To Lawyer Representing His Major Benefactor
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... That Coleman would turn to the same lawyer representing his benefactor doesn't appear to create a legal conflict of interest. But the optics -- a circle of well-connected and powerful officials doing legal and political deeds for one another -- are not great. Moreover, there are already questions swirling as to how Coleman, one of the Senate's least rich members, can afford the legal bills to mount his post-election legal challenges. By retaining a high-profile attorney who is already representing one of his chief donors, he will likely only add to the speculation. ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/23/2008 — In a 26-page response (.pdf) filed on Monday with the Minnesota Supreme Court, Al Franken's campaign disputes Norm Coleman's claim that a significant number of ballots were double-counted in Minnesota, chiding Coleman's petition for a lack of ...
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minnpost.com 3/3/2009 — The short answer is it s very unlikely that Al Franken and Norm Coleman will go back to the beginning and face each other for the votes of Minnesotans. And yet, that slight possibility may be Norm Coleman s best shot. Or, to put it the other way ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 1/22/2009 — Norm Coleman, rather oddly, has decided to take a day job : Norm Coleman (R) has taken a job with the Republican Jewish Coalition while contesting Democrat Al Franken’s lead in the Minnesota Senate race, his campaign confirmed Thursday. In what could ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Oh. My. Goodness.
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 2/27/2009 — This was supposed to be the last day of testimony by Coleman's witnesses -- and it may well end in sanctions for Joe Friedberg, Tony Trimble, and a few other members of the Coleman legal team. Why? Because it turns out that, contrary to her ...
Coleman And Franken Make A Deal
huffingtonpost.com 12/24/2008 — Minnesota Public Radio reports that Sen. Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken have struck a deal on disputed absentee ballots in their recount.
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Franken-Coleman: Here Come the Judges
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 3/15/2009 —
Marc Elias' lucky tie (via The UpTake)
The trial part of Norm Coleman's contest of Al Franken's certification as the winner of the 2008 election for Norm's old Senate seat is now over . The contest has now gone into the hands of the judges of ...
Coleman: I'm Going To Court
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/6/2009 — Norm Coleman has made it official: He is filing a lawsuit to challenge the election result in Minnesota, which he does not believe to be a valid count -- and he is making clear that for the sake democracy, Al Franken should not be seated in the ...
Downballot: Never-ending contest —
First Read 1/15/2009
MINNESOTA: The Minnesota Supreme Court “said it would hear arguments on Franken's petition to get a certificate before the conclusion of a lawsuit by Republican Norm Coleman, but not until Feb. 5. The court order also granted Coleman's request to ...
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/16/2009
The Christian Science Monitor - Minnesota's efforts to resolve the nation's last undecided Senate election will last at least until February after the state Supreme Court said Wednesday it would take several weeks to consider Democrat Al Franken's ...
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