Democrat Al Franken may not yet be a senator, but that did not stop him from naming his first Senate staffer Monday--a Minnesota state director "to en...
Michael Wolff | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman has gone from a man of infinite phony-baloney social charm to a demanding, insistent, miserably drunk guest who doesn't know when to leave.
Minnesota Independent | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman is facing massive legal bills. The former senator took another substantial financial hit yesterday when the three-judge panel presiding ...
Aaron Keyak | Posted 05.15.2009 | 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 05.15.2009 | 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 05.15.2009 | Politics
While the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released statements last night congratulating Al Franken and ratc...
The Huffington Post/AP | SAM STEIN | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
A Minnesota court confirmed Monday that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman, who immediatel...
MyDD | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
Last week, I took a look at the political leanings of the five Minnesota Supreme Court Justices who will decide Republican Norm Coleman's likely appea...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2009 | 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...
AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The pile of unopened absentee ballots that could be counted for Minnesota's delayed Senate contest between Al Franken and Norm...
The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics
Senate Republicans are backing their beleaguered colleague in Minnesota, saying former Sen. Norm Coleman should push his election case all the way to ...
The Uptake | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
The Minnesota election contest has been a soap opera, drawing thousands of viewers from all over the country every day.
Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
According to reports from top Republicans, Norm Coleman's legal battle for his Minnesota Senate seat could continue all the way to the Supreme Court, ...
Media Matters | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman is a sore loser. Why won't the press say so?...
Tom Gerety | Posted 04.10.2009 | 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 04.03.2009 | 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 04.02.2009 | 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 04.02.2009 | 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.
Politico | MANU RAJU | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics
Having just seen what President Barack Obama can do with 58 Democrats in the Senate, Republicans are more determined than ever to keep him from gettin...
AP | ELIZABETH DUNBAR and PATRICK CONDON | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The judges in Minnesota's U.S. Senate trial said in a preliminary ruling Friday that Republican Norm Coleman has not yet shown...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
Here's some new evidence that the national Republican Party is more than eager to keep bankrolling Norm Coleman's legal challenges to Minnesota's Sena...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
The Minnesota election court ruled on Tuesday that nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots should be reexamined in the process of determining the winne...
Senate Guru | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
In desperately clinging to the myth that votes were widely double-counted, the Coleman camp repeats the concept "one man, one vote."
Talking Points Memo | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
The Coleman team appears to be laying out a continued strategy of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the Minnesota election result by pointing to a fu...
The Uptake | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
Watch: Former US Senator Norm Coleman's campaign is in court today trying to convince a three judge panel to overturn Al Franken's 225 vote lead in Minnesota's US Senate race.
Washington Wire | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics