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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/30/2009

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules On Coleman's Appeal: He Lost, Franken Won The Election

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down its much-expected ruling in the heavily-litigated Minnesota Senate race from... 2008 -- and it's a unanimous one -- deciding against Republican former Sen. Norm Coleman's appeal of his defeat in the election ... (more) Minnesota Supreme Court Rules On Coleman's Appeal: He ...

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

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startribune.com - 6/30/2009

State Supreme Court rules for Franken, 5-0

startribune.com (more) State Supreme Court rules for Franken, 5-0

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

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reuters.com - 6/30/2009

Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat

— reuters.com — MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of a... tight U.S. Senate race over Republican Norm Coleman, which should give Democrats the 60-seat majority they need to overcome procedural ... (more) Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

Arlen Specter

Tim Pawlenty

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Minnesota Senate Race: It’s All Over
Comments from Left Field — ... you can keep it. The other is in terms of how much you can achieve with it. The latter strategy means forcing risky votes from vulnerable senators in order to secure enduring accomplishments on things like health-care reform and cap-and-trade. It means accepting, as Kristol said, that the worm will turn, and the question is what the world looks like when it does. Charles J. Brown has some ideas for the future. Tons more commentary at Memeorandum.

Clown Wins Senate Seat
Jules Crittenden — « National Sovereignty Day Clown Wins Senate Seat Gives Dems their super majority. Seems appropriate it should happen this way. Not the drawn-out court battle part, though that did cut into Franken’s term, but the fact that it took a clown winning to make them theoretically filibuster-proof. Now, everytime they bulldoze something through, it will be because Minnesota sent in a clown. Politico  with the news, roundup at Memeorandum . Powerline with a local view. Ed at HotAir  with another lcoal view. Topics: clowns , pols ...

And so, Minnesota's long national nightmare is over
The Reaction — ... extensively here at The Reaction, -- including something like 15 updates on the recount -- I don't have much to add to what has already been said. What I will say is that I'm relieved, even if, to me, this outcome was not just long overdue but pretty much inevitable: Coleman may have "won" the first count, but Franken surged ahead during the recount, even if the margin of victory was astonishingly narrow, and it was just a matter of time until Coleman's legal challenge either ran out of steam or ran into a decisive decision against him. ...