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Coleman's Latest Gambit?
Talking Points Memo —
This election was so close maybe we just have to hold a completely new election.
'Daily Voting News' For February 02, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... GA: Papers, please: Handel wants new voters to prove citizenship http://www.ajc.com/metro...se_handel_wants_new.html
MN: Recount trial: Coleman blocked some absentee ballots http://www.startribune.c...8_o8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
MN: Making sense of the Coleman-Franken recount trial http://www.startribune.c...c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
MN: Is Coleman Aiming for a Do-Over Election? http://tpmdc.talkingpoin...r-a-do-over-election.php
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MN-Sen: Is Coleman Angling For A New Election?
Daily Kos —
... TPM notes that the Coleman lawyers' latest tactic is to propose than in an election this close, it's basically impossible to tell who won: ...
OK, let's have a do-over of 2000 while we're at it, m'kay?
Brilliant at Breakfast —
And here we thought George W. Bush was the Republican who always insisted on do-overs when he lost a game: The Coleman team appears to be laying out a continued strategy of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the Minnesota election result by pointing to a fundamental underlying idea of this dispute: The margin of error is simply too big in a race this close. "Is there some point at which the margin of error is just too wide compared to the difference in votes to determine who truly won?" Coleman lawyer John Rock asked Ramsey County (St. Paul) elections ...
'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 —
... Moreover, TPM's Eric Kleefeld, whose been reporting from the courtroom, has a theory which supports Silver's, in a sense. "The Coleman team appears to be laying out a continued strategy of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the Minnesota election result by pointing to a fundamental underlying idea of this dispute: The margin of error is simply too big in a race this close." ...
Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... for the Campaign for Jobs and Recovery, which is "the group coordinating efforts by labor unions and other outside liberal groups to push Obama's stim package and target its GOP opponents." In the 48 hours after the Republicans' unanimous opposition to the plan, the group raised nearly half a million dollars. * Norm Coleman's attorneys continue to make odd arguments in Minnesota. * Rep. Artur Davis (D) is ...
