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S Landreth

^to answer your question,………….

Just a snipet from the site below:


The court had said those ballots cannot be counted because they were not legally cast.


Site: MN Senate Race Still Unresolved. - NewsFeed Researcher Overview Of: Coleman, Ballots, Ballot, Franken, Election, Elections, Court, Courts, Absentee, Minnesota, Republicans, Vote

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raycarey

these actions by coleman are simply more evidence that the GOP just doesn't get it.

most americans know that republicans are to blame for the mess that the country is in, and they also can see (who can't?) that they're being obstructionist....and shortly they will be exposed and vilified as putting their party before country.

typically a minority party will do well in an off year election, but if the GOP keeps up this sort of thing, they'll be lucky to gain even a handful of seats in the house.

S Landreth

Here is another article that might help answer the question you posed to me. I hope it helps answer your question. I am trying to stay away from the liberal sites I normally view to answer your question. You might tend to believe it more if I do it that way…………..

Story: http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_11758343?nclick_check=1

At some point before the long-awaited end to Minnesota's U.S. Senate election, more votes will be added to the race's tally.

On Saturday, Democrat Al Franken said which votes he'd like added. His list includes 1,585 uncounted absentee ballots, about half of which Republican Norm Coleman also believes should be counted.

But the situation in the race is not so easy as to allow the agreed-upon 781 ballots to simply be opened and counted.

The Senate election is now a month into a complex trial that shows little sign of quick conclusion.

While Franken's list of ballots that should be counted has grown — last month, his attorneys pointed to only 771 valid absentee ballots that hadn't been counted — Coleman's list has diminished.

Story continues with the link provided, above.

raycarey

looks like the dems will pick up even more seats in 2010.

The Scorecard: 2008 Congressional campaign news and analysis - POLITICO.com

even if specter gets past toomey, he'll emerge bloody enough for torsella or someone else to take the seat.

and if toomey were to beat specter, he has no chance in a general state-wide election....at all.

and i think we're going to see more of this in other states....the rabid right-winger are going to push through some 'true believers', but the majority of them will be unelectable.

raycarey

3 judge panel declares Franken winner - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com

it's may 2009 and the desperado republicans just can't face the facts they lost an election that took place 6 months ago.

but once he gets the certificate, he'll likely be seated in the senate.

raycarey

republicans just keep digging themselves into a deeper hole in MN.

The Scorecard: Minnesotans want Franken seated - POLITICO.com

S Landreth

Breaking news - the National Republican Senatorial Committee has given up on Norm Coleman!

Maybe?????????

Breaking news! Yeah right? Oh it is so important,..this race has been dragging out for months now.

Coleman hasn't much of a chance.

The rest of the story: http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/04/27/franken-coleman-update-042709-pulling-the-plug/

S Landreth

This will make 60

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according to a statement he released this morning.

Link: http://www.americablog.com/2009/04/specter-switches-parties.html

Milkman

^ Yup. I just read the news, Landreth.

More info:

Link & Entire: Veteran GOP Sen. Specter switches parties - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com

raycarey

now that they're closer to 60, i would think that coleman will finally decide to do the right thing....it's far too late to do the honorable thing.


and btw, this is purely a desperation move by spectre. as i think i pointed out earlier on another thread, he was in for an extremely tough primary fight against twoomey.

Milkman

Agreed. It's a survival move. We'll see how it works out for him.

S Landreth

Biden meets with Franken
Wed May 06, 2009 at 03:20:05 PM PDT

In a sweet move, Vice President Joe Biden met with Al Franken today, getting him up to speed on events in the capital and prepping him to take the Senate seat he won months and months and months ago. After the meeting, which was closed to the press, the vice president's office issued the following statement on Biden's behalf:

Rest of the story: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/6/728573/-Biden-meets-with-Franken

Jet Gorgon

It appears the decision will be held up in court. Why not just hold another election? Probably cost as much as the court hearings.

S Landreth

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election results.

A Ramsey County court administrator entered the judgment Wednesday. It results from the two-month trial that ended with Coleman 312 votes short of Franken.

Minnesota law required Coleman to cover some of Franken's court costs because the race's outcome didn't change. The judgment excludes Franken's attorney fees.

The men have spent $50 million so far on their campaigns and legal fight over the November election. That's more than double the cost of the 2002 race when Coleman captured what had been a Democratic seat.

The Minnesota Supreme Court hasn't said when it will rule on Coleman's appeal.

link: Minn. court orders Coleman to pay $95K to Franken - Yahoo! News

raycarey

conventional wisdom says he's toast.....and that pawlenty will be forced to validate the election.

S Landreth

There have been persistent rumors locally -- rumors referenced by Dan Feidt at Politics in Minnesota -- that the Supreme Court will be handing down a ruling in the Coleman appeal sometime today. My own particular source for this allegedly got the information simply by asking a person quite close to the case.

As for who will win that appeal, well, let me put it this way: I haven't seen any efforts by Norm Coleman to renew the lease on his old office space.
Keep your fingers crossed, and watch this space. Or you could camp out at the Minnesota Senate Seat page of Minnesota Judicial Branch. But you'll have much more fun here.

Link: Campaign Silo » Franken-Coleman Update, 06/18/09: Is Today The Day?

S Landreth

Coleman Staffers Getting New Jobs

Have things reached the point in the ongoing (and going, and going...) Minnesota Senate race, where even Norm Coleman's staffers may have seen the writing on the wall? In recent weeks, two of his top staffers have gotten new jobs.

LeRoy Coleman (no relation), who served as Coleman's Senate communications director, has now joined the Republican National Committee as director of media affairs. And two weeks ago another top Coleman staffer, campaign manager Cullen Sheehan, became an RNC regional director.

The fact that Sheehan signed up for a new job is pretty telling, even though he'll still be helping out with the Coleman camp. The reason is that Sheehan is the official co-plaintiff, along with Coleman, in the actual ongoing election lawsuit.
Norm himself got a consulting job months ago with the Republican Jewish Coalition, providing him with a source of income.

Rats Jumping Ship

Norton

They get it all right. And they will keep getting it (the same) in every election until they finally "get it".

S Landreth

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race, paving the way for a resolution in the seven-month fight over the seat.

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S Landreth

Coleman Concedes

Mr. Coleman stepped outside his home just a short while ago to give his news conference. He indicated that he and Mr. Franken had a positive, personal talk and he told the Democrat that being senator was the “best job he’ll ever have.”

Finally! Minnesota will be represented