FRANKEN WINS--Just passed the magic number. Coleman

[rateyes]

mathematically eliminated!!

:woohoo:

[dana_b]

1. I thought they needed 300+??

not that it looks like Coleman will catch up! HAHAHAHA!!!

[rateyes]

4. Coleman needed 308.

Franken only needed 82.

[BuyingThyme]

2. Franken wins thread #4,543.

[rateyes]

7. Good for Al.

:hi:

[Occam Bandage]

3. Franken's won it more often than the New York Yankees have won the World Series,

but yet they keep playing.

[rateyes]

17. Ain't that the damned truth?!!

[onehandle]

5. Coleman is taking it to SCOTUS. See you in a few months. nt

[tekisui]

14. It will never come up. Senator Franken will be seated in the meantime.

[Junkdrawer]

6. And after 4-5 years of state and federal appeals...

he might actually be sworn in...

:woohoo:

[rfranklin]

10. Talk about "frivolous lawsuits!"

Coleman and the Republicans should be pilloried in the public square for this one.

[WI_DEM]

8. But Coleman is a sore loserman so we can expect it will get court challenges.

[gratuitous]

9. That's good news, but . . .

The State of Minnesota is still more interested in process than in being represented in Washington. As long as Coleman can keep a court challenge alive, no matter how specious or in bad faith, Minnesota law says that the seat remains vacant. Even though he's mathematically dead in the count, recount, counted again, and recounted again, I'm sure he will insist that every last ballot be examined and tallied. Then he will file a challenge to that tally, and we can start all over again.

Coleman will be bankrolled by fellow Republicans and oher sore losers, and his attorneys will make a lot of money while the people of Minnesota are denied representation well beyond any reasonable expectation of an overturning of the results of the November election.

[Initech]

11. Is this ever going to be settled?

[Ian David]

21. Yes, it will be settled when Al Franken makes him Secretary of State. n/t

[tomm2thumbs]

12. I guess the GOP wants to train the Democrats how to do it to them in the future

and I'm sure we'll be most happy to oblige them

[acmavm]

15. I doubt it. We can't even get our way with a majority in both houses and

a democratic president.

[liberal N proud]

19. Democrats would never do this

That is partly why we ended up with bu$h and Cheney

[robinlynne]

39. exactly. can you say ohio 2004? new mexico 2004? san diego 2006?

no counts, let alone recounts....

[lpbk2713]

13. Excellent. One more Obstructionist passed by the wayside.

I hope he wasted a hell of a lot of money.


:rofl: :rofl:

[rollingrock]

16. If Coleman is allowed to take this to the SCOTUS

....its just more evidence that the legal system in this country is beyond effed up and in need of drastic reform.

[robinlynne]

40. and your point is?

[elocs]

18. In all of their decisions this 3 judge panel has been unanimous

and it includes a Republican. MN public radio is discussing this now and the opinion of the guests is that the MN Supreme Court is known for being judicial rather than partisan. The thought also is that if the MN SC rules in favor of Franken that they will order that he be certified the winner. The 2 guests also believe that the U.S. Supreme Court would refuse to hear the case. This will not go on and on as the pessimists here believe. Franken will be seated in the Senate soon.

[JSK]

22. Thank you for some some clarity on this insane case n/t

[Ian David]

20. Does this mean The Franken Campaign will stop calling me for more money every couple of days? n/t

[FudaFuda]

29. you just made me really happy I don't live in Minn.

never thought about that.

[Ian David]

30. I don't live in Minnesota, either. But I donated more to Al Franken than I did to Obama. n/t

[jimlup]

23. Does anyone have a link to live info on this?

Minnesota Star-Tribune? I'm looking for it now.

OK... here's the link.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/42588822.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUs

[rateyes]

24. ...

http://theuptake.org/

[jimlup]

26. Found it! Thanks!

God I'm glad this is moving towards being over and that Coleman is a laughing stock.

[jimlup]

25. A live link to the news conference

http://www.theuptake.org/

[Historic NY]

27. Yeah but Republican math is different.

[FudaFuda]

28. Goshdarnit! People really do like him!

Congratulations, Senator Franken. :patriot:

[progressoid]

31. Franken wins again...and Coleman files another suit.

cheese and fries.

[mzmolly]

32. Woo

hoo! :toast:

[bridgit]

33. most cool...

:kick:

[byronius]

34. When it actually happens, I think we'll see a wave of GOP suicides.

Al Franken is the GOP's worst nightmare. Thoughtful, articulate, caring, smart as a whip.

!POOF! goes the exploding freeper heads.

[applegrove]

35. Hopefully he will take his seat now. It has been a long haul for Franken.

[rucky]

36. Great. Now what's it going to take to seat him?

[spanone]

37. 3 words.....minnesota supreme court

his rnc attorney, ben ginsberg, said they will take it to the minnesota supreme court

[tridim]

38. Three more words.... Wholly without merit.

[druidity33]

41. and the appeal will be DENIED! nt