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americablog.com - 2/23/2009
Norm Coleman can't win. Now, he's just doing the GOP's dirty work to keep Franken out of the Senate for as long as possible
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I always thought Minnesota's Norm Coleman was one of the smarmiest Republicans in Congress. He's proving the extent of it now. The Minnesota Senate recount has looked bad for former GOP Senator Norm Coleman for awhile, but it keeps getting worse for him. Coleman lost the election, but is ...
Setbacks for Coleman grow at Senate recount trial
startribune.com - 2/25/2009
Setbacks for Coleman grow at Senate recount trial
— startribune.com — Judges allowed marks to be removed and heard other ballots were properly rejected.... (more) Setbacks for Coleman grow at Senate recount trial

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/20/2009
Coleman Changes Position Yet Again, Now Wants To Throw Out Already-Counted Ballots He Said Were ...
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Coleman Changes Position Yet Again, Now Wants To Throw ...

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balloon-juice.com - 2/23/2009
Say what?
— balloon-juice.com — 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 ? ... (more) Say what?

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WTF Is It Now?!?:  Norm Coleman: shameless, obstructionist asswad

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Norm Coleman: shameless, obstructionist asswad
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... Coleman is putting his partisan interests ahead of the interests of Minnesotans. While the nation is in an economic crisis, Minnesota is missing a vote in the Senate. From the ...

When Will Norm Coleman And Tim Pawlenty Allow Minnesota To Have The Same Representation In Washington As Every Other State?
DownWithTyranny! — ... that could prevent Franken-- if Pawlenty participates in the plot-- from taking his seat for years! As Joe Sudbay pointed out at AmericaBlog Monday, Coleman can't win; all he can do is drag his feet and keep Franken from being seated. And he can do that for as long as Pawlenty puts his party before his state and before his country. I thought the Republican Party opposed frivolous lawsuits? It's a shame no one starts a recall petition against Pawlenty.

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Pawlenty Says Minnesota’s Lone Representation In The Senate Is Hurting The State
thinkprogress.org 2/24/2009 — As Norm Coleman’s legal challenges to Al Franken’s recount victory for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat drag on, his friends in Congress have begun helping him foot the bill. Earlier this month, prominent Republicans held a “ ...
It's about more than vote counting
washingtonmonthly.com 2/15/2009 — IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN VOTE COUNTING.... The Senate Democratic caucus has 58 members. It should be 59, but what Minnesota's Norm Coleman lacks in votes he makes up for in lawyers. The status quo, which could last quite a while...
Franken/Coleman Update from JTA
njdc.org 2/17/2009 — From JTA: The Minneapolis Star Tribune says a Friday decision in the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount trial delivered “a blow but not a knockout” to Norm Coleman’s chances to overtake Al Franken: The judges in the U.S. Senate election trial on Friday tossed out most of the 19 ...
Court To Coleman: No, We're Not Changing Our Ruling Against You
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/18/2009 — Norm Coleman is off to a rough start this morning, with the Minnesota election court having just formally denied his request for them to reconsider their ruling last week to stop him from advocating for certain rejected absentee ballots. This ...
Politico: Coleman needs a miracle
njdc.org 2/19/2009 — From Politico: Three months after Election Day, the Minnesota showdown between Al Franken and Norm Coleman continues, and the ever-changing storyline has now settled on a central question: Does Coleman have any real chance of retaining his Senate seat? The answer, according to state political ...
Accusations And Recriminations Fly In Arguments On Coleman Motion
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/21/2009 — The Minnesota election court just heard arguments on Norm Coleman's motion to declare illegal ballots that he had previously agreed were legal , and boy was it tense. The Coleman camp sent up James Langdon, the member of the team who has best come ...
Minnesota: Where's the outrage?
WWW.samefacts.com 2/23/2009 — If I were a Minnesotan, I think I'd be pretty angry about the way that Norm Coleman and his friends in the national Republican Party have deprived the state of half its representation in the Senate. It's now clear that Coleman can't win, but the ...
Minnesota Court: No To Coleman, And Yes/No/Maybe To Franken
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/24/2009 — 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 Still Attending GOP Caucus Meetings -- Even Though He's No Longer A Senator!
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/24/2009 — It turns out that Norm Coleman is still a member in good standing of the Senate Republican Conference -- in fact, it just so happens that he attended today's party lunch meeting on the Hill, and was also there for Inauguration Week. What makes ...
7 Days in America: Al Franken
airamerica.com 2/20/2009 — Al Franken has been mum since he got in that tangle with Norm Coleman last November. Now, in his first interview since the Minnesota senate race, Al Franken talks with Air America's Mark Green about comedy, the senate race, the recount, and his pick ...
Coleman Makes an Appearance on the Hill — Capitol Briefing
By Perry Bacon Jr. There's war and peace, and then there's Minnesota recount. Former senator Norm Coleman, still in post-election limbo as he challenges Democrat Al Franken's lead in the still-undecided Minnesota Senate race, joined his former Senate colleagues on Capitol Hill today for their ...
Minnesota Update: Still Thinking about Counting Votes — Politics Daily
Current status from TwinCities.com : Absentee ballots at issue that may be counted are about 3500. Franken still has a 225 vote lead. 1,000 votes that Coleman agreed to count on Jan 3, Coleman now wants to reconsider and remove them from the vote. Coleman's attorneys want to review the ...
Recount Reform — MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
With a series of body blows dealt to Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman’s court challenge to recount results from the November 2008 elections, it appears very likely that Al Franken will emerge the winner of the Minnesota Senate race. . . after having trailed by several hundred votes from the ...
RNC Gives $250,000 to Coleman Recount — The Page by Mark Halperin
FEC reports show the party has invested a quarter of a million dollars in the fight over Minnesota's contested Senate seat. The funds were given to the Republican Party of Minnesota on Jan. 26.
RNC Puts $250K Into Coleman Recount — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
The Republican National Committee has transferred $250,000 to the Minnesota GOP to help pay legal fees in Norm Coleman's ongoing recount battle against Al Franken for the Minnesota Senate seat.
RNC Puts $250K Into Coleman Recount — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The Republican National Committee has transferred $250,000 to the Minnesota GOP to help pay legal fees in Norm Coleman's ongoing recount battle against Al Franken for the Minnesota Senate seat.
Wait. Now Norm Coleman Doesn't Want Absentee Ballots Counted? — Politics Daily
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Limbo), make up your mind! First you wanted to count 933 rejected absentee ballots in your disputed Senate race with Al Franken. Then when they were counted and ended up giving Franken a 176 vote lead, you wanted them thrown out . But then when it appeared that some of them ...
A Video for Norm: GOP Officials Rally for (Former?) Senator Coleman — techPresident
With what seems to be an ever-shifting pendulum of electability in the Minnesota Senate race now resting closer to Al Franken than Norm Coleman, Coleman could use a couple bucks. Coleman's best chance to reclaim his Senate seat, reports the New York Times' Michael Falcone , might be with the ...
GOP Leaders' New Web Video: Please Send Money To Norm — TPM Election Central
The GOP leadership is stepping up their public appeals for everyone to help Norm Coleman keep this trial going. The Coleman camp has posted this YouTube, featuring prominent Capitol Hill Republicans asking for donations: "I'm proud of Norm and his perseverance," says Sen. John Cornyn ...
Coleman's Latest Vote-Count Setback Could Be Fodder for Appeal (CQPolitics.com) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
CQPolitics.com - Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman was dealt another setback Wednesday in his legal efforts to overturn a state-certified recount in his 2008 U.S. Senate contest, which shows him losing his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Al ...