Reid Spokesman: Coleman Doesn't Get Another Election

[babylonsister]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/reid-spokesman-coleman-doesnt-get-another-election.php

Reid Spokesman: Coleman Doesn't Get Another Election
By Eric Kleefeld - March 4, 2009, 11:49AM


Harry Reid's office is now indicating its displeasure and opposition to Norm Coleman's new attempt to potentially throw out the whole election result in Minnesota.

Said Reid spokesman Jim Manley, in an e-mail to TPM: "Just because Mr. Coleman is not happy with the results of the election/recount doesn't mean he gets to schedule another one."

[Hubert Flottz]

1. Mr. Coleman needs to move on and

get over it...

[opihimoimoi]

2. For Coleman...its HIM FIRST....Fuck all else including Fairplay, Reason, and Common Sense

He is the type that cheats at GOLF.....

[Hubert Flottz]

9. In other words what you're saying, is that,...

Mr. Coleman is your typical republican/crybaby...

I'd have to agree with you. If'n you've seen one GOPer you've seen 'em all!

EDIT...CRY and LIE is all they can do well.

[opihimoimoi]

12. This cole guy can lie and cry all he wants...he Ain't getting HIS WAY

He is getting dumped and he noes it


The Party of NO

NOPers is their new name

[Salviati]

16. Heck, he's probably the type that cheats at Solitare...

[opihimoimoi]

17. The Selfish Asshole just ruined all future political aspirations

Had he showed some balls and took the defeat like a MAN....he coulda make a comeback someday...

As it stands....he made himself a POS....he has driven his own bus into a Train wreck.....

[jazzjunkysue]

18. Imagine the RW wretching if the dems stalled like Coleman is.

They're only quiet because they all know Franken's got it.

[opihimoimoi]

21. Its called DENIAL....coleman is in Denial....lottsa Bullies live like that

[tavalon]

19. Kind of reminds me of Lieberman

Perhaps Coleman can start a third party called "Minnesota for Coleman". It worked like a charm for Lieberman. I've always been astounded that so few noticed that Lieberman's third party was called Connecticut for Lieberman not Lieberman for Connecticut. That was just so self centered, it made my brain hurt.

[opihimoimoi]

22. Most of the GOP are Bullies....selfish to the bone...

Coleman clearly is an Obstinate Obstrusive Asshole who cares for himself above all else...

[seabeyond]

3. i havent been following. when does this END. n/t

[babylonsister]

7. No one knows. We suspect Coleman will be appealing. rethugs

want to drag this on forever, infinity, ad nauseum, amen.

[seabeyond]

8. this is why i havent been following. thanks. n/t

[MiniMe]

4. While I agree with the Sentiment, it isn't up to Harry to say

[izquierdista]

6. Yes, it is

Read Article I, Section 3: The Senate is the sole judge of a senator's qualifications.

[Occam Bandage]

15. Read Amendment 17.

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years."

Franken has not yet been elected. I don't really think it was the framers' intent that the Senate could simply decide to seat whoever it damn well pleased without regard to the decisions of the States, or of the State's electorate after the seventeenth amendment. Rejecting a Senator as unqualified is one thing; declaring that an unelected person can be a Senator is something else.

[Winterblues]

5. What exactly does Reid have to do with scheduling a State election?

Coleman has nothing to do with one either but it is up to the State of Minnesota whether they schedule another election, not Reid. I suppose the US Senate could just go ahead and seat Franken but not sure how that would work out legally.

[babylonsister]

10. According to this, the fight will ultimately end up in the U.S. Senate...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/franken-lawyers-to-court-throwing-out-the-election-is-not-a-legal-option.php

snip//

And let's make no mistake, by the way. After this thing crisscrosses its way through the legal system, the United States Senate is probably where the fight will end up next, in light of the increasing noise from the Coleman campaign that the election is invalid.

[Deja Q]

11. Funny Coleman is saying it *now*. Indeed, everyone keeping up with his antics would agree.

He'd lose by an incontrovertible margin this time.

[bvar22]

13. Harry Reid....Swear IN Franken NOW....

...Put him in the Minnesota seat.
And Move ON.

[Occam Bandage]

14. Franken has not been certified the winner of the election.

Reid doesn't have the power to swear Franken in as Senator any more than he has the power to swear me in as Senator. It is not Harry Reid's call, nor should it be.

[spanone]

20. does that mean there will be another election?

[Mister Ed]

23. No. Election law here in Minnesota makes no provision for a do-over.

Coleman's team is grasping at straws when they suggest otherwise:

And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge panel to suggest the problems are so serious they may not be able to declare a winner.

"Some courts have held that when the number of illegal votes exceeds the margin between the candidates -- and it cannot be determined for which candidate those illegal votes were cast -- the most appropriate remedy is to set aside the election," Langdon wrote in a letter to the court.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/40556467.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUxWoW_oD:EaDUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr

"Some courts"? Some courts where? Not in Minnesota. Furthermore, the Coleman team has failed to demonstrate that any of the votes counted were "illegal". Baseless allegations and innuendo are all they've had to offer in five weeks of testimony.