Al Franken Gets the Last Laugh
Well the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" took what seemed like 10,000 years, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruled yesterday in a unanimous decision to certify Al Franken's election victory.
Well the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" took what seemed like 10,000 years, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruled yesterday in a unanimous decision to certify Al Franken's election victory.
AP/Huffington Post | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running...
Senate Guru | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
Due to Coleman's obstinance, progressives have raised over $140,000 assisting progressive candidates for Congress against the very Republicans whose Party leaders are keeping Coleman's appeals going.
Senate Guru | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
At the very least, Pawlenty's reassuring words are not all that reassuring.
Minnesota Post | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics
...Like an Agatha Christie mystery, all the key players arrived on the scene, as if reprising their performances since the recount began. Friedberg, t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics
On Monday, Fox News Reporter Steve Brown was asked to analyze just where the Minnesota Senate recount stood as both sides brought their cases before t...
Senate Guru | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} Before Arlen Specter's Party switch announcement yesterday, the Senate's Democratic caucus stood at 58...
Senate Guru | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
Although 57 percent of Republican poll respondents approve of Coleman's appeal to the state Supreme Court, the same portion of Republicans want him to quit should he lose there.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
On June 1, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear the case of Sen. Norm Coleman versus erstwhile latenight comedian Al Franken, a case which the voters...
Senate Guru | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics
It is important to note that, while Coleman is Hypocrite-in-Chief of the Coleman campaign, he surrounds himself with like-minded hypocrites.
Senate Guru | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
While Coleman sore-losers it up, there's a new effort: NormDollar.com -- "A Dollar a Day to Make Norm Go Away."
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration stated its support on Tuesday for a three-judge panel ruling that Al Franken had received the most votes in the Senate electi...
Aaron Keyak | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
Yesterday's ruling by the Minnesota Court that Franken won the election, not only puts Minnesota closer to getting a second Senator, but further damages whatever political future Norm Coleman has left.
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
DNC Chair Tim Kaine called Tuesday for Norm Coleman to concede the Minnesota Senate race to Al Franken, after a three-judge panel declared Franken th...
MSNBC | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
While the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released statements last night congratulating Al Franken and ratc...
Senate Guru | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
{Originally posted at my blog Senate Guru.} It was announced this week that the Minnesota Supreme Court's Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson and Justice ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics
The news keeps getting worse for Norm Coleman, with a counting of previously-rejected ballots on Tuesday only adding to his deficit and a growing numb...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics
The Senate race in Minnesota seems no closer to resolution than it did on election night. With Al Franken clinging to a 225 vote lead and Norm Coleman...
The Uptake | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
The Minnesota election contest has been a soap opera, drawing thousands of viewers from all over the country every day.
Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media
If Coleman soon suffers yet another recount loss and appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court, will the press finally dip its toe into the sore loser pool?
Bob Edgar | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
Many people know Minnesota from Garrison Keillor's stories about the fabled town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, where "all the women are strong, all the ...
Tom Gerety | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics
What we do not need -- and should not tolerate -- is a dithering quest for perfection in elections -- like the one still underway in Minnesota.
Star Tribune | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics
For more than a month, Norm Coleman stressed flaws in Minnesota's election system. And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge pa...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman's lawyers rested their case in the U.S. Senate recount trial this afternoon, clearing the way for Al Franken's attorneys to begin their c...
David Goldstein | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Franken was determined the winner by the rules in place at the time, and that makes him a more legitimate winner than Coleman and his ill-conceived and ultimately futile calls for a re-vote.
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Abe Silk | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics