Posts Tagged ‘Norm Coleman’
Why Not Him?
Why not him? The Minnesota Supreme Court has unanimously declared Al Franken the winner of the state’s Senate race after eight months of litigation.
UPDATE: At his press conference, Coleman announced he concedes.
Coleman Loses
Coleman loses …a lot of money: he’s been ordered to pay $94,000 in Al Franken’s court costs, hardly anything compared to what either candidate has actually spent on the recount. Should there be punitive damages when a case is as frivolous as Coleman’s? Much of election challenge law rests on an unspoken presumption that bitter candidates won’t intentionally seek to delay the seating of their opponents out of spite; with that assumption apparently out the window, it’s hard for me to say offhand how the rules should be rewritten. But they should.
Sore Losermen
Norm Coleman to finally give up? More here speculating on the possibility that he’ll run for governor.
You Have to Earn It
You have to earn it: ‘Senate Democrats Deny Specter Committee Seniority.’ Not sure if Specter’s latest flub had any role in this, but it’s safe to say that Arlen’s not impressing.
Good Enough, Smart Enough
Al Franken has been declared the winner in the Minnesota Senate race, though Pawlenty and his secretary of state still has to sign off on it for Franken to take office—which they won’t, because Republicans are cheaters. Don’t miss the spectacle of nearly the entire Minnesota Supreme Court recusing themselves from Coleman’s inevitable appeal.
“If you asked me what I would do, I would step back. I just think the healing process is so important. The possibility of any change of this magnitude in the voting system we have would be so remote — that would be my judgment. Mr. Franken will decide what Mr. Franken will do.”
—Norm Coleman, two days after election day.
UPDATE: Minnesota’s secretary of state is elected, not appointed, and is actually a Democrat now, Mark Ritchie. gerrycanavan.blogspot.com regrets the error. Mistakes were made.
Tuesday Night Linkdump #3
Tuesday night linkdump #3.
* Here comes the Dollhouse? ‘Scientists Erase Painful Memories Without Drugs.’
* Both Inside Higher Ed and Barack Obama himself can declare victory alongside UNC.
* Even the National Review says it’s time for Coleman to concede.
* Environmental reporters at The Washington Post hit back at George Will over the many inaccuracies in his climate change columns.
MN
I can’t help it: I’m addicted to news of the Minnesota Senate race. The latest insanity: Norm Coleman is now asking to count votes he successfully barred from the count several weeks ago. When this is over, Minnesota really needs to change its laws so that disgruntled losing candidates can’t hold up the seating of the victors through frivolous lawsuits. Of course, when this is over Al Franken will also be an incumbent Senator coasting to reelection after reelection…
Norm Coleman, Man of Honor
Norm Coleman, man of honor, will sue to keep his Senate seat despite saying two days after Election Day that he wouldn’t.
LOLColeman
Why not him? Al Franken has officially won the recount in Minnesota. (Image shamelessly stolen from Donkeylicious.)
UPDATE: Coleman’s lawyer is threatening to take this to the courts, but I know he won’t do that—Norm Coleman is a man of honor who would never put his personal aggrandizement ahead of the “healing process.”
Random
Random.
* The Cleveland Plain Dealer doesn’t like it when big-shot New Yorkers take shits on our beloved city.
* I thought I was raised in a country where we were all free to vote for the Lizard Person of our choice. I was wrong.
* By the way, it looks like Franken may actually win.
* Labor leaders like Obama’s labor pick.
* “Area Woman Becomes Republican Vice Presidential Candidate.” The Onion continues its Year-in-Review.
* James Howard Kunstler’s “10 Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society.”