cqpolitics.com - 2/26/2009
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CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS Feb. 26, 2009 – 2:53 p.m. Senate Democrats Say End Is Near for Coleman By Kathleen Hunter, CQ Staff Senate Democratic leaders said Thursday that they see a light at the end of the tunnel in the protracted Minnesota Senate race and expressed ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/26/2009
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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 ...
(more)
Norm Coleman: Maybe We Need A Do-Over Election
startribune.com - 2/25/2009
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Senate Democrats See Franken Joining Them Soon
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Senate Democratic leaders that they "see a light at the end of the tunnel in the protracted Minnesota Senate race and expressed confidence that Democrat Al Franken would fill the vacant seat in a matter of weeks," CQ Politics reports. ...
Senate Democrats Say End Is Near for Coleman
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... of April, said New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer , who headed the Senate Democrats campaign efforts during the 2008 cycle. A three-judge panel in Minnesota is currently refereeing Republican Norm Colemans attempt to have enough ballots counted in his favor to erase a 225-vote margin of victory that a state canvassing board awarded to Franken in January. But Coleman has suffered a series of setbacks in the trial. Were very confident, Schumer said. We keep gaining. Read more: http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003...
Minnesota -- The Spin Doesn't Stop
TPM Election Central —
... At a Democratic leadership press conference today, Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer responded to a question about the case by saying they expected it to be wrapped up and for Franken to be seated in weeks. "The projections -- and they're not locked in -- are that this should all be finished by the very beginning of April," said Schumer. ...
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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 ...
Little Hope for Coleman
njdc.org 4/1/2009 — Politico reports, “Court leaves Coleman with little hope.” On Monday, I wrote that Coleman should do what is in his best interest and move along with his life. It seems that the courts agree.
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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 ...
Franken Ruled Winner, Again
njdc.org 4/14/2009 — When I wrote, “What is Best for Coleman?,” some thought I was being facetious.
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Franken Moves To Throw Out Coleman's Lawsuit -- Or At Least Some Of It
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/6/2009 — Al Franken's legal team has now filed their expected motion to dismiss each and every single one of Norm Coleman's legal claims in the election contest -- that is, asking that either the whole case be thrown out, or at least that some of the claims ...
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