njdc.org - 4/3/2009
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On Monday, I wrote a post, “What is Best for Coleman?” It looks like I left out an important part of what’s “best” for Coleman. I neglected to take into account, “ even if Norm Coleman pulls off a miracle win in his Senate race/trial/appeal against Al ...
Don't Look Now, But ...
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/26/2009 — If you haven't been following Eric Kleefeld's bang-up coverage of the Minnesota Senate election saga at TPMDC (come to think of it, this fiasco pre-dates the launch of TPMDC and dates back to our TPM Election Central days -- just another reminder ...
Coleman/Franken Monday Roundup 4/6
njdc.org 4/6/2009 — Coleman/Franken Monday roundup:
The Hill: Senate GOPs back Coleman all the way
Senate Republicans are backing their beleaguered colleague in Minnesota, saying former Sen. Norm Coleman should push his election case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Politico: Franken-Coleman gravy ...
Norm Coleman: Maybe We Need A Do-Over Election
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/26/2009 — The talk from the Coleman campaign about how the Minnesota election results are unreliable, and that a do-over election could be an option, has now gone beyond just Norm Coleman's lawyers -- it's now coming from the mouth of Norm himself.
Coleman ...
The Good News for Coleman...
fivethirtyeight.com 1/7/2009 — ...is that the Minnesota Supreme Court's order (.pdf) today didn't make any judgment whatsoever about the merits of Coleman's case on absentee ballots. It merely said that the time to resolve these things is during an election contest, not during the ...
Aaron Keyak: What is Best for Coleman?
huffingtonpost.com 3/30/2009 — This morning when I read JTA's "World War III over a Senate seat?" I couldn't help but worry that this battle may be far from over.
In JTA's post on the Minnesota Senate race, Eric Fingerhut asked, "Will Minnesota ever get its second senator?" ...
Liberal Hackers At It Again
powerlineblog.com 3/12/2009 — At the end of January, a hacker broke into Senator Norm Coleman's web site and gained access to information there about donors to the Coleman campaign. Coleman's staff had a forensic analysis performed and were assured that the donor information had ...
Coleman Won't Say Whether He's Been Interviewed By FBI
huffingtonpost.com 4/3/2009 — As Norm Coleman struggles in what appears to be a losing battle to reclaim his Senate seat, and as faint rumors spread that he could replace Michael Steele as RNC Chair, a cloud of ethics scandal continues to gather over his head.
On Thursday, the ...
Coleman Says 'God Wants Me to Serve'
blog.lib.umn.edu 2/9/2009 — While Al Franken remains fairly elusive, Norm Coleman is keeping a high profile these days as his court challenge of the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount plods along. Coleman is adept, somewhat too adept, his critics might say, at skillfully tailoring...
Coleman To Court: No, Don't Throw Out My Case
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/7/2009 — Team Coleman has just filed their formal opposition to the Franken campaign's motion to dismiss all of the various counts in the Coleman lawsuit, demonstrating a fundamental disagreement going on here: Team Franken insists that Coleman is bound to a ...
Norm Coleman’s mysterious finances
briefingroom.thehill.com 4/3/2009 — The question remains: Can Norm Coleman pay his non-Senate race legal bills from his campaign committee?
The controversy over payments allegedly ordered by Coleman donor/friend Nasser Kazeminy to an agency where Coleman’s wife worked has begun to ...
Downballot: A decisive ruling? —
First Read 4/1/2009
MINNESOTA: The Star Tribune: "In a potentially decisive ruling, a panel of three judges today ordered up to 400 new absentee ballots opened and counted, far fewer than Republican Norm Coleman had sought in his effort to overcome a lead by DFLer Al ...
Downballot: What does Norm do? —
First Read 4/2/2009
“The Minnesota Senate race is headed for a decision, as is Norm Coleman,” the Star Trib writes. “Tuesday's ruling by a three-judge panel that limits its election review to about 400 additional ballots is provoking a fresh debate among political ...
Downballot: Better off lost? —
First Read 4/3/2009
MINNESOTA: “ 'Coleman would almost be better off if he lost,’ said David Schultz, a professor at Hamline University in St. Paul. ‘Should he win, he faces a host of legal and other issues in the Senate. He would enter the Senate with the Kazeminy case ...
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