MN SENATE ELECTION JUDGES COUNT FINAL BALLOTS, FIND FRANKEN WINS

[BradBlog]

Source: BRAD BLOG

MN SENATE ELECTION JUDGES COUNT FINAL BALLOTS, FIND FRANKEN WINS!
Tally concludes finding 312 vote win for the Democrat, as Coleman prepares his final appeals
But does the Republican have a legal leg to stand on?...

Author and former radio talk show host Al Franken, the Democratic challenger for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, will be the state's next U.S. Senator, according to a final tally by the bi-partisan three-judge panel overseeing challenger Norm Coleman's election contest against him.

This morning in St. Paul, officials from the Minnesota Secretary of State's office, under the in-court direction of the three-judge Election Contest panel in the former Senator's contest against Franken, tallied all remaining lawfully cast absentee-ballots that were not previously opened and counted. This was done on camera, in open court. The attorneys from both sides, along with the media, were all present.

The final tally of the remaining ballots was 198 votes for Franken, 111 votes for Coleman and 42 votes for "other." When this is combined with the initial 225 vote lead, certified by the bi-partisan State Canvassing Board in December, it adds up to a 312 vote Franken victory, arrived at by both a transparent, post-election hand-count late last year, and the painstaking care exercised by the three-judge panel.

Al Franken has now won the U.S. Senate seat, but do Coleman's promised appeal(s) stand a chance of winning? And will the Democrats in the U.S. Senate now assume their Constitutional right to dutifully seat the Senator from Minnesota?...

FULL STORY, ANALYSIS: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7049


Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7049

[Demeter]

1. Finally! First Rec of Many to Come! Congrats Minnesota!

Where enough people are above average to vote for Franken!

[Divine Discontent]

38. Finally indeed - and IT'S OVER! Mark my words - the Senate will take action if Pawlenty or Coleman

don't! Normie needs to back down - he's looking EXTRA foolish and sore-loserman after this crushing final count that has made him an EVEN BIGGER LOSER than he was yesterday! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

YAY SENATOR FRANKEN!


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[DrDan]

140. there was also a majority of voters that elected that looney bachmann

[monmouth]

2. Has Pawlenty made any statement? Couldn't he put an end to

this right now, sign the certificate and have Franken seated? Am I delusional????

[AlinPA]

4. There is no way that Pawlenty will ever sign the certificate. He will need the base

when he runs in the R primary for president.

[monmouth]

5. Incredible....n/t

[aquart]

6. Aww, he's such a dreamer.

[bdamomma]

23. Pawlenty better kiss any thoughts of being President away

if he continues to stand in the way.

[MNDemNY]

71. No,

I think , in Minnesota, Pawlenty needs the "sane" vote more. Really the folks are ready to move on,

[Hansel]

96. Exactly. Pawlenty's schtick is to play the moderate sane guy during campaigns.

Pawlenty is not going down with Coleman, especially while the calls for Coleman to give it up grow. He will find a way to sign it when the MN Supreme Court rules.

[kay1864]

89. Do we really need a certificate?

Harry Reid has already said he would act after the MN courts made their decision (not just "the courts", so we don't have to wait for the SCOTUS).

So once the MN Supreme Court rules in Franken's favor (or declines to review), seems like Franken can be confirmed, certificate or no certificate.




Congratulations Senator Franken!

[AZ Criminal JD]

107. Harry Reid said a certificate was needed with Burris

He said he was powerless to act without it. Maybe that was just one of Reid's black rules.

[dogfacedboy]

119. Different situation. n/t

[crikkett]

125. How so?

[Enthusiast]

126. This is my understanding. This is not over.

Pawlenty, being a member in standing of the Insane Republican Party, will not sign to certify. It is not over. Imagine, all this after the presidential election and SCOTUS decision in 2,000.

[myrna minx]

131. Pawlenty is in a bit of a bind. Minnesotans do not care for bitter politics and that's what this

has become. The bitterest of ironies is that Pawlenty wanted to run for Senate against Wellstone, but Cheney said no and hand picked Coleman. Now Pawlenty is going to have to either suck it up and do the right thing for the State (which we expect), or cow tow to the party that has screwed him over whether it be for his aspirations for the Senate, or McCain choosing Palin over him for Veep. Now he's being screwed by Coleman again. Sucks to be Timmy.

[defendandprotect]

142. Are the Repugs looking to bounce this to a State Supreme Court . . .???

And what is the makeup of MN's SSC?

[wordpix]

155. or to the US Supremes who whisked * into office?

[happygoluckytoyou]

17. PAWLENTY..... SOON TO BE LOOKING FOR A JOB ! ! !

[Canuckistanian]

127. I think Pawlenty will wait for a court to order him to sign

And that means that Franken will have to appeal to the court to enforce the the judgement.

[FredStembottom]

136. That sounds right to this Minnesowdan.

Pawlenty wants the cover of being ordered to sign.

Nothing will move until such a court order is given.

[derby378]

3. Seat Franken, already

Minnesota deserves full representation in the Senate, same as any other state. No more delays!

[jobycom]

10. True, but so far it's only half bad.

No senator, but at least that means Coleman hasn't been there.

[AlbertCat]

74. Indeed

It says in the Constitution that every state gets TWO reps in the Senate, so it's just plain unconstitutional to wait any longer.

I say if Coleman and the Repugs file more appeals, the citizens of MN should SUE the US government for under-representation and Pawlenty for obstruction....since the Senate can seat Frankin this evening if they want. All law suits will be dropped when Frankin is seated....of course. Except for the one where they sew Coleman for wasting the taxpayer's money and the government's time.

[Optical.Catalyst]

77. Seat Franken , already, already

Next junior Senator from the state of Minnesota:




The Honorable Al Franken

[defendandprotect]

143. Had this happened in reverse, Repugs would have had Coleman seated long ago--!!!

[wisteria]

7. Is it possible this race could finally be over? n/t

[onehandle]

8. No. Coleman is taking it to the Supreme Court. nt

[glinda]

19. most likely will let T-Paw do it by his not signing Franken in. I predict....

he wants it to go to the Supremes.

[earcandle]

42. But what is there to take to the Supreme Court?

All the ballots have been counted.
This is costing the taxpayers to continue these unnecessary
court battles.
Can't the Senate do something to get Franken seated asap?
They got Burris seated.  

[LynneSin]

57. You need to stop thinking like a progressive when you ask those types of questions

The laws in Illinois and the reasoning behind Burris being seated are completely different from what is happening in Minnesota, which legally will not allow a senator to be seated as long as their is legal action.

These are republicans that we are dealing with - they'll litigate it to death in hopes that somehow they'll pull it out. Fuck the people of Minnesota and the fact that they have just one person representing them in the senate (and that's in the minds of the republicans).

If they were smart, they'd let this go give the seat to Franken and then go after Klobacher when her election comes around in 2012.

[BradBlog]

69. Well, not EXACTLY...

LynneSin said:

"The laws in Illinois and the reasoning behind Burris being seated are completely different from what is happening in Minnesota, which legally will not allow a senator to be seated as long as their is legal action."

That's as long as their is legal action in MINNESOTA (as detailed in the full article). The law is clear that no certification should be given while the election is still being challenged in MN's court systems, much less clear about whether a cert should be given while an contestant is going to the U.S. Supreme Court.

That's a big difference, and where the dispute will now fall for the moment.

[defendandprotect]

145. Yesterday, on Schultz ....some lawyer type was arguing that if it goes to a higher court . . .

BECAUSE Minnesota was so thorough in assessing circumstances/votes . . .

that the court would like say they're not looking at the evidence again --

and appeal would be over. Let's hope so!!!

[earcandle]

153. If they are sane and respect the vote of the people

[wordpix]

156. continued repuke litigation keeps Dems away from 60 Senate votes

for breaking repuke filibuster; thus, continuing this in the courts is enough for repukes to "win." This is really not about Coleman v. Franken - it's about keeping the Dems from that 60 voting bloc.

[rpannier]

85. He will, but many in the legal community say the Court won't touch it

The Senate has the right to seat Franken no matter what the Court says.

If they )the Court) rule in Coleman's favor and the Senate chooses to seat Franken anyway, there is little the Court can do and it could have the effect of weakening the position of the Supreme Court because they'd look impotent.

[defendandprotect]

144. Presume State ?? What's the makeup of the court?

[Xolodno]

9. This exposes....

...the short-sightedness of the Republican Party in this area. By making a huge stink with Franken, it may have also cost them the governorship of Minnesota.

If he signs, he will lose some Republican backing. If he doesn't he's going to be accused of obstructionism, petty politics, etc.

[No More Bushbots]

13. It also will doom Pawlenty's dream of being President

By engaging in petty, obstructionist politics, the American public will never vote for him to be President.

[Jackpine Radical]

39. ...but if you eliminate petty obstructionists from consideration,

there are no Republicans left to run in 2012. None.

[Demeter]

66. That's All Right, Then

:evilgrin:

[NoQuarter]

68. Mission Accomplished!

[mvd]

75. Welcome to DU

Love your avatar!

And K&R to the post. On to the MN Supreme Court, and after that Reid needs to seat Franken.

[sellitman]

36. Nice to see the other party shoot itself in the foot instead of us.

Nancy & Henry must be jealous.

[defendandprotect]

146. As far as I know it's never hurt them --- think of Bush 2000!!

And they went after .... one of the two Hispanic sisters now in Congress . . .

for like two years after she was seated!!!

And other cases . . .

but we can watch all of the evidence re right-wing vote steals and computer voting

with nothing done about it--!!!

[Dappleganger]

11. It's not over until Franken is seated...

Those thugs will try *anything*.

[wolfgangmo]

20. They may already have killed one MN senator

Or it could have been an accident but I still wonder how it was that the FBI and NTSB, both based in the Twin Cities arrived hours apart at the site of Paul Wellstones plane crash.

The FBI, breaking the laws of physics, arrived at the crash site within 1/2 an hour while the NTSB took the normal 3.5 hours to drive 3.5 hours. The FBI took "control" of the site (which they are do not have the authority to do ) and banned all local cops from the area for the next 3 hours and who knows what they did in that time.

Was Paul Wellstone, arguably the most effective and powerful progressive in the Senate killed? I can't say, but something wasn't kosher about the timing. How could the FBI arrive 3 hours early in a 3.5 hour drive unless they were dispatched ahead of time?

So if you combine that little tidbit with SH's revelation that Darth Cheney maintained a hit squad, then yah, those thugs will try anything.

[Diane R]

37. Excellent post.

[barbtries]

44. ot i know

but i believe he was murdered.

[kenfrequed]

45. Yes

I will be eternally suspicious of the right wings involvement.

[dflprincess]

51. I believe one of the things the FBI did at the crash site

(assuming it was the FBI and not private Bushco operatives) was chase the local fire department away and let the wreckage burn. I could be remembering that incorrectly, and so you might want to check it out - I'm at work and don't have time to do so right now.

[disndat]

84. Wellstone was the only Senator to

speak out against going to war on the floor of the Senate. You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to connect the dots. After 9/11 the U.S. became a virtual military dictatorship.

[Waiting For Everyman]

117. Wellstone was also the only one to speak out against Phil Gramm's

Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which enabled the economic catastrophe we're experiencing now.

Here's what was said in the Senate on December 15, 2000 as this law, a.k.a. the "Enron Loophole" was passed. First of two comments by Phil Gramm, its covert sponsor. Second by Paul Wellstone. Wellstone's remarks show that THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THIS AT ALL... IT WAS "AUTOMATICALLY PASSED" BY THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADERS. It was a last-minute amendment to an 11,000 page Federal budget. ("Mr. President" is formal language which refers to President of the Senate.)


Mr. GRAMM:
"Mr. President, today I am proud to add my voice in support of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. This legislation represents the end product of work that began in S. 2697, which Senator LUGAR and I introduced on June 8. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 completes the work of last year's financial services modernization law, bringing our financial regulation in line with the rapid pace of developments in the global marketplace. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 will now allow new and important financial products -- single stock futures -- to be sold in America. It protects financial institutions from over-regulation, and provides legal certainty for the $60 trillion market in swaps...
Mr. President, enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 will be noted as a major achievement by the 106th Congress. Taken together with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the work of this Congress will be seen as a watershed, where we turned away from the outmoded, Depression-era approach to financial regulation and adopted a framework that will position our financial services industries to be world leaders into the new century."



Mr. WELLSTONE:
"Mr. President I want to voice my strong objection to the process by which this legislation is being passed by the Senate. The Omnibus Appropriations conference report -- containing numerous other pieces of unrelated legislation -- is being passed by the Senate tonight under a consent agreement that was entered suddenly by the Majority Leader without the normal notification process. We should have had a recorded vote. Since I first came to the Senate 9 years ago I have felt that it does the Senate no credit to pass such significant budgetary legislation -- literally hundreds of billions of dollars -- without a recorded vote. We cannot be held accountable as Senators to our constituents when such bills are passed in this manner. I want to make it clear; I oppose this legislation and I would like the RECORD to show that I would have voted "no" had there been a recorded vote."

(From the official Senate record, the Library of Congress search link I got it from last summer "expired". Bold mine.)

The Majority Leader at the time was Trent Lott.

[Dumak]

116. The FBI wouldn't allow any local officials to accompany them

to the wreckage. Most likely, to make sure everyone was dead, and to dispose of any devices used to bring the airplane down. It had to look like an accident. FBI behavior was quite strange that day.

[MajorChode]

97. Wow, first it was 2 hours, and now it's down to 1/2 an hour

I keep waiting for the foil hatters to say they arrived a week before. Not even Jim Fetzer, who originated all that nonsense (and never met a conspiracy theory he didn't like), didn't claim 1/2 hour.

The first FBI agents to arrive came from Duluth, not the Twin Cities. There were agents from Minneapolis, but they arrived much later. They arrived arround noon, but nobody knows exactly when. It could have been 12:30 or later, but in the absense of an official record I suppose Fetzer is free to make up his own times and he surely did. At any rate at the distance the Duluth officers had to travel could have been covered in 50 minutes with lights and sirens (which they did employ). None of the FBI officers had access to the actual crash site until hours afterwards because the fires were still burning. Fire and police were the first on the scene.

If you do a bit of research on the pilot and the 1st officer, they were truly a piece of work. Both of them were and accident waiting to happen and it did. So I guess people like Jim Fetzer can sell a lot of books, but that doesn't mean there's any reality in the foil hatters' claims.

[windbreeze]

120. I know what I think.....

and nothing will convince me anything different happened...deciding vote in the Senate...and no one to run in his place, against Coleman...absolutely strange...and I don't believe in coincidences either...just don't take no planes...Mr.Franken...don't take no planes...wb

[BrklynLiberal]

139. I would be more surprised to find out that it was actually an accident than to have it revealed as a

hit.

[defendandprotect]

147. I see little question about that . . ..

just another MIHOP . . .!!!

Also, look at how little reaction there was to Ashcroft -- after the downing of

the Mel Carnahan/Missouri plane crash -- being put in as head of the DOJ!!!!

It's mind boggling!!!

[windbreeze]

150. How about....

Mike Connell...?? Bush insider..who was going to spill the whole bean pot...took a small plane, ended up in a blazing crash...had to do with the DOJ I think...conveniences...not coincidences...wb

[defendandprotect]

151. There have been so many . . . .

we need to constantly be reminded . . .

Mainly because our Congress is still doing nothing about questioning

all of this decades long political violence -- in fact, it goes unacknowledged.

[Wizard777]

12. Franken wins AGAIN!

How many times do you have to win a damned election before they send you to Washington? If they keep this up people are gonna start talking about them. This is starting to turn into a Golden Girls Rose Nylund Saint Olaf Minnesota Story. I can just hear her now. You can't serve in office until you've won the election at least three times.

[dflprincess]

100. Love it

Now that you've said it, I can just hear Rose going on and on about it! :rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

14. "We have again attained FAIL, and plan to keep steenkin out the state" - Normie & Minn Republicons

"Since we have attained Epic Fail, now we will do all within our power to make Minnesota and America FAIL - Smirk"

- Normie & Minn Republicons

[No More Bushbots]

15. Has Michelle Bachmann

Called for an investigation of the State Canvassing Board for anti-American activities?

[wolfgangmo]

21. She will as soon as she stops frothing at the mouth...

... expect action on that one soon.

[jberryhill]

59. Not since we put her in a re-education camp /nt

[tanyev]

87. She's going to need her own private instructor.

Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.

[liberal N proud]

16. Colman and the GOP will continue to fight this

They are very sore losers.

[bdamomma]

26. they hate the idea of Dems being in total control, I only wish

the Dems would kick the repigs to the curb. The repigs are obstructionists they are holding up 3 key appointments in the Obama Administration, Tammy Duckworth, US Ambassador to Iraq, and I forget the other one. Unbelieveable crap.

[AlbertCat]

78. Tammy Duckworth

Yes my Senator is doing that.


Jesse Helms finally dies, then we send Lipstick Libby back to Kansas, and what happens? Senator "Who?" from NC embarrasses the state again. Thank you so much. And our other Senator is with the Blue Dogs. Jesus! My Congress Rep. MCIntyre is a Dem, but his big thing now is making English the official language :eyes:

I give up on NC. Conservative thinking will always drag the state down apparently. Even with our Dems.

[defendandprotect]

148. Well, on the other hand . . . is it the state voters or something else . . .???

Recently I was reading that the CIA was funneling funds to right wing members of
Congress -- way far back -- two mentioned were Sen. Strom Thurmond and Rep. Gerald Ford!

Then throw in electronic voting machines which began to come in during the mid-late-1960's
-- right around the time the Voting Rights Act was passed -- and I think every Republican
"win" since then is in question. Right back to Nixon/Humphrey!

What really worked for them is the many who dropped out of voting because of the obvious
fraud -- and the way that the Republican "wins" piled up to frustrate Democratic voters
and make them feel powerless.

[indimuse]

18. just did a back flip!

woot! woot! KNR!!! FINALLY...:toast::bounce:

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. I would......

.....but all I could manage at this point in my life would be to fling myself awkwardly onto my back, probably breaking something. Certainly breaking something.

That would hardly dignify the solemn, respectful process this 'election' has been accorded. :D

[indimuse]

28. lol..

aww... well...I just did one for YOU! :hug:

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. '...will the Dems in Senate do the right thing?' (holding breath...turning blue...)

[Tab]

24. In other news, Coleman throws a hissy fit

details at 11.

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. Curious: why had they not already counted the absentee votes? Doesn't the Senate

have important business to do?

[BradBlog]

30. They had already counted them, but...

...There were a few more that both Franken and Coleman had found were inappropriately rejected before being counted.

The few ballots that the 3-judge panel found were lawfully cast, but not counted, were tallied today.

Coleman argued some 5,000 or so of them, originally, should have been counted, but it turns out the bulk of them were not lawfully cast (though that didn't stop Coleman's team from arguing they should be counted anyway!)

[FailureToCommunicate]

132. Thanks for the clarification. Too bad Franken might miss the cherry blossoms in DC...

[sakabatou]

29. Congrats to Franken

[saltpoint]

31. Recommended in part because Franken is such a good guy and Norm's such

a worthless puke, and also because this milestone will ruin many a conservative Republican's day.

Go, Al.

[d_b]

32. this is so fucking stupid

Franken won the god damn seat. Seat him already.

[benld74]

33. THE OVERLY ROTUND WOMAN HAS SANG!!!! again

[AlbertCat]

86. Si si...la prima donna grassa ha cantato

Ma....

lo sciocco canterà


(Maybe that should be in German....)

[Hope And Change]

34. Great news.K & R!

[pattmarty]

35. Move out of the way, ass hole!!!!!!!! Now we have to embarass............

..........Pawlenty if he does not "seat" Franken. I hope shows like Olberman, Schuster, Ed Schultz and Rachael Maddow continually pound Pawlenty as obstructionist. This will also have the added political benefit of fucking up his 2012 Presidential bid. It is time to really, really make the Republican party look like the party of NO. Fuck them!!!!

[Uncle Joe]

40. Coleman sucks. n/t

[anokaflash]

41. Norm suffers from Electile Dysfunction

Norm needs to switch his meds. We are pretty sure he has been taking DRAGRA:
http://centrisity.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-and-improved-dragra.html

""DRAGRA is an oral argument for electoral dysfunction (ED). It helps most politicians with ED take a lot of time to disprove their elections. That means they aren't able to overturn elections, just drag things out.""

But may need to switch to daily use DELAYUS

""All around the world, politicians with electile dysfunction (ED) have taken 36-month DELAYUS as needed.

Today sore losers can be ready with another option, DELAYUS for daily news—a clinically proven low dose buzz that is talked every day. Talk to your spin doctor to see if a DELAYUS option is right for you.""

http://tinyurl.com/csvnfs

FIGHT, FIGHT on NORM, complete and total political impotence is a Supreme Court appeal away!!

Flash
http://centrisity.com

[Dinger]

48. That deserves It's Own Thread (nt)

[anokaflash]

53. Ad Copy

We do have the first print ad out *laughing*

http://tildology.com/2009/04/03/dragra-for-the-candidate-with-ed-electile-dysfunction/

We are trying to have fun with this her in MN

Flash
http://centrisity.com

[barbtries]

43. hallelujah

so happy to hear it!

[Lugnut]

46. For real?

Go away Norm.

[baldguy]

47. Seat him.

[Sewsojm]

49. Can you imagine the outrage

Can you imagine the outrage by the repukes & right-wing media if Franken was dragging this out instead of Coleman and of course Harry "ChickenShit" Reid would seat Coleman in an instant.

[harun]

128. Sadly, I think you are 100% correct.

[underpants]

50. SENATOR.... AL.... FRANKEN!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[xchrom]

52. +81

[FVZA_Colonel]

54. This election has made me hate Norm Coleman more than any other person

I've never met. It's about damn time.

[jberryhill]

60. It wouldn't have mattered if it were a stuffed bunny rabbit

...instead of Norm Coleman.

Coleman isn't driving this vehicle.

[Kajsa]

55. Congratulations, Senator Franken!

It's been a very long wait, but you prevailed!

:D Congrats to Minnesota!

[RedCloud]

56. Franken deserves equal protection under the law!

Enough of the obstreperous Coleman!

[Starry Messenger]

58. Seat him!!

:thumbsup:

[Dramarama]

95. It's taking forever

[micraphone]

61. Is SCOTUS required to hear this case?

What I mean is - can the court refuse to hear what is obviously an open-and-shut case? Throw Normie's lot out of court on day 0?

Sorry for maybe an obvious question, I'm not from US.

[AlinPA]

62. The SCOTUS is not required to hear this case. Coleman can appeal to them.

It would be an easy win for Coleman should they take the case since the Supreme Court is mostly republican. IMO, they won't pass up a chance to seat a fellow republican.

[mvd]

76. Not sure

If Reid seats Franken after the MN Surpreme Court rules, it will be harder. And I doubt Kennedy would vote that politically when it isn't the President involved.

[elocs]

133. Listening to MN public radio yesterday their experts said the MN SC is required

to hear the case and that in ruling for Franken they would order that he be certified the winner. Pawlenty would then have no choice and would have to follow their order and that gives him the out to do it. They also said the MN SC is very judicial and not partisan. The Chief Justice, Alan Page, is after all the one who appointed the 3 judge panel who heard this case--1 Democrat, 1 Republican and 1 independent and all of their rulings have been unanimous.

[defendandprotect]

149. That's good news --- !!!

[bananas]

63. Yay! Congratulations to Al and all his supporters who persisted through this!

:applause:

[AwakeAtLast]

64. YAY!!!!!

Congratulations Senator Franken!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[santamargarita]

65. So, what's the little shitbag Coleman going to come with now?

:beer:

[Ken Burch]

67. Let's just have Reid swear him in now.

n/t.

[coffeenap]

70. Indeed!!! nt

[nichomachus]

72. I think Reid would need permission from Rush Limbaugh n/t

[disndat]

81. RIGHT!!!!

[Zorra]

82. Oh, I doubt the Pink Tutu-ettes will ever be that bold. Expect a strongly worded

petition by Reid to the Supreme Court, or something like that.

I hope I'm wrong about the Pink Tutu-ettes for once, but they seem to never fail to disappoint.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

73. Coleman's lawyer is a GOPig tool,

and he's doing what the powers that be (Rush Limbaugh?) are telling him to do. He's already screwed up by allowing the automatic waiver to take place, he's not a very good lawyer, but he is a totally bent-over buttboy for the Republicans.

He makes me ashamed to be a member of the bar.

Senator Al Franken. Has a nice ring to it ...................

[yellerpup]

79. Congratulations, Senator Franken!

K&R! :dem: :dem: :dem:

[L. Coyote]

80. Another in a long series of Franken victories .... GOP prepared for years of lawsuits

Maybe the stress level is as high as the Fargo flood, eh?

=============
Norm Coleman v. Al Franken; GOP prepared for years of lawsuits
Examiner.com - ‎Apr 1, 2009‎ - http://www.examiner.com/x-753-South-St-Paul-Examiner~y2009m3d31-Al-Franken-v-Norm-Coleman-GOP-prepared-for-years-of-lawsuits

The head of the Republican Party is prepared to see litigation continue for years in the Minnesota Senate race between Landslide Al Franken and Landslide Norm Coleman.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn is threatening “World War III” if attempts to fill the vacant senate by Senate Democrats is attempted. Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledges that a federal challenge to November’s elections could take “years” to resolve. But he’s adamant that Coleman deserves that chance ....

[L. Coyote]

83. VIDEO Pawlenty: Senate Race Going To Take A Few More Months

Pawlenty: Senate Race Going To Take A Few More Months
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x293400

[havocmom]

106. Meanwhile, the people of MN do not have adequate representation

Some of them should sue his ass for violating their rights.

[ms liberty]

88. Norm. The fat lady's singing and you look like a vindictive loser...give it up. That is all...n/t

[Arugula Latte]

90. Step aside, Norm, you whinyass titty baby!

:bounce:

[Blandocyte]

91. Yeah, Baybee!

Oh yeah!

[Blackhatjack]

92. Time for a rally in front of Pawlenty's Office Demanding He Sign the Election Certif for Franken...

If the tables were turned, the Repubs would have flown their office staff to MN and would be having a fake riot in front of the Democratic Governor's Office demanding that their candidate's election certificate be signed.

Come on Dems... time to hit the streets!

We need Franken to hit the magic 60 in the Senate!

[bkkyosemite]

93. The repubs on MSNBC are still talking going to the Supreme Court

:banghead: :eyes:

[jimlup]

99. Further republican obstructionism

in the form of appeals will backfire on them.

[jazzjunkysue]

94. Thanks to Coleman, Al's entrance to the floor will be a coronation.

With this months behind, it will get 50X the press coverage it would have back in january.

I hope he comes in waving both of his books over his head, because that's why they don't want him seated.

He. Told. The. Truth.

[Dinger]

101. That's For Damn Sure! (nt)

[FunMe]

98. Dancing for joy!

FINALLY ... now can the Senate please do the right thing and seat Senator Franken?

:party: :fistbump:

[and-justice-for-all]

102. GOOD!! Perhaps Coleman will shut the fuck now....whatamoron! nt

[Historic NY]

103. That SOS better sign off NOW!! Reid seat Al NOW!!

[norepubsin08]

104. TWO WORDS COLEMAN: FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lonestarnot]

105. Hot diggity as long as he doesn't turn out to be a blue dog!

[Alcibiades]

109. You're kidding

You'd have to be.

[lonestarnot]

112. He never sounded like one on Air America, but then I don't know him other than those

radio talk show moments soooooooooo, I hope you are right.

[harun]

129. He'll be a Wellstone Dem, far FAR from a blue dog (thank God).

[lonestarnot]

134. Woohoo! I'm for dat!

:party: :bounce: :applause: :party:

[backscatter712]

108. Please tell me the MN Supremes will issue a writ of mandamus...

Pawlenty won't sign the certificate willingly, so he needs a gun pointed at his face.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

110. Who is going to tell Norm?

Dude, it's over, and you lost.

In the words of the GOP circa December 2000, "Get over it!"!

[Waiting For Everyman]

111. Al Franken is going to be a fantastic Senator... I just "know" it!

And his mere presence in the Senate is going to make the Repiglicans... just NUTS!

HAHAHAHAH! ROFLMAO! :rofl:

It's great, seriously, but it (his win, and the big deal they made over it) also makes them look even stupider than any of the jokes about how stupid they are.

GO, Al! :applause:


I DO think he'll get seated. I think this is "meant to be".

[chollybocker]

113. Technically, Franken won the election 6 months ago.

(Heckuva job, Normie!)

Now SEAT Al on Monday!

[AzDar]

114. Hey, Norm... Nah Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah, Hey Hey Hey...

GOODBYE!!!!

:woohoo:

[Kalyan]

115. is he expected to be seated? or will that have to wait for the higher court verdicts ...

[libodem]

118. Pony up, Norm

You owe your worthy opponent a hella lot of cash in legal expenses. You owe the whole United States an apology.

[Downtown Hound]

121. Seat the man already!

This stupid fucking travesty has gone on long enough!

[JCMach1]

122. Reid should seat Franken now... the Grass and Net roots should DEMAND it!

[carnie_sf]

123. Senator Franken

I have so been waiting to say that

[opihimoimoi]

124. With each passing day, Normie drags the GOP down a couple of Notches by being a Prick of it

His Behavior re the recount/hand count qualies him for Asshole of the Year....

Clearly a self interest move in open atmosphere....exposing his Bullyness and Arrogance for the World to see

[road2000]

130. "His Behavior re the recount/hand count qualies him for Asshole of the Year...."

How about the leading asshole in the state?

[opihimoimoi]

135. That is a perfect addendum :o)

[sofa king]

137. Okay, one thing I like about this:

I've seen "FRANKEN WINS" a hundred times this winter. I wanted him to win, and I'm glad he is... winning.

But at this point, I would like to see the fellow pondering the navy bean soup on Capitol Hill. Yes, Al, you did work that hard just for the navy bean soup.

[BrklynLiberal]

138. I hope Franken can finally walk into the Senate chamber and take the seat he won.

[kegler14]

141. I have it on good authority from FR that

Democrats stole the election. No proof of course. But if Freeptards say it you know it has to be so.

[mountainvue]

152. Will he be seated now? n/t

[MiniMe]

154. Coleman is appealing to the MN Supreme Court

So there is 1 more state challenge to go. Unfortunately, the Senate sort of set the rules to be seated with Burris. So to be consistent, they will most likely require a certificate signed by the Gov and the SOS before they will seat him. Blago strikes again.