MN Sen Recount (UPDATE: Stuart Smalley certified winner, lawsuit forthcoming)

[Lunar]

That WSJ article is pretty pathetic (and I subscribe to the WSJ).  My post a couple posts above explains both sides of what Franken will mean for national politics.

[emailking]

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is not a happy camper. I would think that the Court will insist on consistent standards and counting all absentee ballots "wrongly" rejected, not just ones in counties (mostly Franken dominated ones), that chose to count them.

The decision from the Court was that the two campaigns would have to agree on which of the wrongly rejected absentee ballots to count, and only those would be counted. It's not a matter of which counties decided to count them.

[emailking]

That WSJ article is pretty pathetic (and I subscribe to the WSJ).  My post a couple posts above explains both sides of what Franken will mean for national politics.

I agree with you it could have downsides. O'Reilly has been out a few weeks. I recall the day after the election he said it appeared Coleman had defeated Franken's challenge, but qualified there would be a recount. I'm planning to watch tonight. I assume he's decided to either ignore this altogether (as with  Olbermann) or attack full force, which will be entertaining.

[Torie]

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is not a happy camper. I would think that the Court will insist on consistent standards and counting all absentee ballots "wrongly" rejected, not just ones in counties (mostly Franken dominated ones), that chose to count them.

The decision from the Court was that the two campaigns would have to agree on which of the wrongly rejected absentee ballots to count, and only those would be counted. It's not a matter of which counties decided to count them.

Ya, well the court did not decide this specific issue, but it will. Indeed the court noted that it was not reaching the merits, which it observed could happen in the contest phase. The odds that counting more ballots could change the result appears to be highly remote to me however.

[Lunar]

Uggggh, O'Reilly is preaching that weaksauce lying/propaganda WSJ editorial

[emailking]

I must say he was surprisingly calm, give than he decided to address it. This man absolutely loathes Franken. It goes back like 5-6 years.

Well, MN is on his "corruption watch" now. lol

[Lief 🗽]

I must say he was surprisingly calm, give than he decided to address it. This man absolutely loathes Franken. It goes back like 5-6 years.

Well, MN is on his "corruption watch" now. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOSgT-osHk

Bill: "Hey, SHUT UP. SHUT UP! You had your 35 minutes, SHUT UP."

Good times.

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From a Research 2000 poll of MN for DailyKos:

A strong plurality want Franken seated and think that Coleman's lawsuit is garbage. Coleman has terrible approval ratings, while Franken has a net positive. Only 17% say that the recount was unfair to Coleman.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/10/133747/921/913/682505

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So I guess Norm is desperate to keep his job because he's upside-down on his house.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

You know if Coleman had behaved himself he might've actually stood a chance at Governor in 2010 assuming Pawlenty stands down. Not a prayer now. Pawlenty is now the only viable Republican in the state AT ALL, and even he's hardly invincible.

[Fritz]

So, whats the story on the lawsuit?  Does the case have any merit?  How long will it be until its ruled on?

[Ronnie]

I must say he was surprisingly calm, give than he decided to address it. This man absolutely loathes Franken. It goes back like 5-6 years.

Well, MN is on his "corruption watch" now. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOSgT-osHk

Bill: "Hey, SHUT UP. SHUT UP! You had your 35 minutes, SHUT UP."

Good times.

That's exactly why I love Bill O'Reilly.