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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:47 AM Original message |
Will Specter's Switch Affect Norm Coleman's Position on the MN Election? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Franken makes 60.... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Okay, thanks for clearing that up! I made a mistake in my math! lol |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. the dems would only have had 59. we need franken for 60 |
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dubeskin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed. Coleman only has more of an incentive now |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. nope, 60% of 99 senators is 59 |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. There will be 100 senators when Franken is seated. 50 x 2 = 100 |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. yeah but if his seating is filibustered, i'd rather have Specter worried about a Dem Primary |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. it's not "60%" that matters in the senate. it's sixty votes. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Now more than ever the republicans will prolong Franken from taking his seat, the republicans can |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think it will make Coleman dig his heels in deeper, and he'll have |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And, it will be more obvious why |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's just another form of GOP obstruction. Now, they are truly desperate. nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Rabid cornered Rats are |
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State the Obvious (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The GOP deserves its title: (G)rand (O)bstructionist (P)arty nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Whatever the Number is..this Switch is not good PR for |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Oh I agree. I think this is very bad news for the GOP. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Eight bad news for the REPUBLICANS, (the name they hate so much, they prefer you use "GOP") |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I use GOP to save character space and type faster. lol |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Norm is going all the way to the United States Supreme Court |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Do you think he'll lose on at the USSC? n/t |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I think so. On what grounds could he possibly win? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Depends on how Anthony Kennedy feels that day |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If Kennedy falls to the right...what can Franken do then? n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. What did Al Gore do |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Are you fuckin' kidding me?! All that and Coleman wins in the end? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Really shitty ain't it |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Shite. How does that jerk, Coleman, have a case?! n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. How did Bush have a case in 2000 to end the vote count early |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Bush's vote margin over Gore (at the time of Bush v. Gore) was higher I believe |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Coleman will hold on like grim death. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Like he wasn't already..but now |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yup. Its going to the US Supreme Court. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. What do you speculate might happen there Thrill with this case?! |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I worry about it going there. The good thing is if they use Gore v Bush |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. More money to Al |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Coleman will dig in his heels. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. just thinking the same thing...n/t |
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