Minnesota Senate Deadlock Spurs Fight for Public Opinion

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Minnesota Senate Deadlock Spurs Fight for Public Opinion
By Emily Cadei, CQ Staff


Minnesota’s political parties are escalating their war of words over the long-unresolved 2008 Senate race, as both sides appeal for public support in the next phase of the legal battle between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, as Minnesota’s Democratic Party affiliate is known, on Thursday launched a new Web site, www.giveitupnorm.com.

As the name implies, the site calls on Coleman to concede his re-election bid — after decisions issued by a state judicial panel during a seven week trial resulted in Franken expanding his razor-thin lead to 312 votes. Franken was ahead by 225 votes after the state canvassing board certified the results of a hand recount in January.

Coleman, however, has pledged to appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and has not ruled out later taking the case to the federal courts.

The state Republican Party wasted no time hitting back on Thursday, announcing its own petition “to tell Norm to keep on fighting.”

The DFL is hoping to rally public opinion against further appeals by Coleman with a publicity campaign that includes the new Web site. It features a petition asking Coleman to concede to Franken, saying Coleman lost the election “fair and square.”

“The people want a senator, not more litigation,” said DFL Chairman Brian Melendez during a press conference. The Web site “will let this message reverberate, and hopefully move him toward closure — and away from obstinacy and self-interest,” Melendez said of Coleman.

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[Warren Stupidity]

1. How is this a 'deadlock'?

Franken has won this election on the recount and in the courts. The only deadlock is in the bullshit propaganda coming from the RNC and dutifully regurgitated by the compliant corporate media.

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2. There is no deadlock

Al Franken won.

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3. It's not. Hopefully the MN SC will put an end to this nonsense. nt