tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/24/2009
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The Minnesota election court handed down two rulings tonight, one of which should be regarded as an unambiguous defeat for Norm Coleman -- and the other should probably leave Al Franken cautiously optimistic.
First, the court completely denied Coleman's motion to launch a class-action suit ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/20/2009
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The Coleman campaign has just filed a very
interesting motion in the election trial, changing their position
for the fourth or fifth time on whether to count rejected absentee ballots -- and demanding that votes they've already stipulated as legal ...
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Coleman Changes Position Yet Again, Now Wants To Throw ...
balloon-juice.com - 2/23/2009
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I’ve been following the Franken-Coleman legal proceedings pretty
closely and everything I’ve read suggests that Franken is
getting the better end of it and will be certified in the next few months. So where the hell does this come from ? ...
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Minnesota Court: No To Coleman, And Yes/No/Maybe To Franken
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... a go-ahead on 12 individuals to be accepted and counted at a later time. And to give you an idea of how strict a standard they're using here, there are 38 others on Franken's list they're refusing to count at this time. That kind of stringency isn't very good news for Coleman, as he's trying to get a lot of his own votes in that the court hasn't ruled on yet. And considering he's the one who's actually behind right now, this question has a lot more urgency for him. ~more Read more: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/minnesota-co... :bounce:
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