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(Wisconsin)High-profile lawyers retained for possible Supreme Court recount
The Capital Times (Wisconsin) ^ | April 7, 2011 11:00 pm | JESSICA VANEGEREN AND STEVEN ELBOW

Posted on 04/08/2011 4:55:41 AM PDT by PapaBear3625

Kloppenburg's campaign is working with Marc Elias, an attorney with Perkins Coie, a Washington D.C.-based firm with an office in downtown Madison. Elias is the same attorney who represented Democratic challenger Al Franken in his eight-month epic recount battle with incumbent Republican Norm Coleman. Franken eventually prevailed, winning his U.S. Senate seat by 312 votes.

Prosser has hired Ben Ginsberg, a Washington-D.C. attorney who played a prominent role in the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential recount effort in Florida. He was also part of the team that represented Coleman in his recount effort. Prosser has also retained Madison attorney Jim Troupis, and Dan Kelly, who is based in Milwaukee.

(Excerpt) Read more at host.madison.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: benginsberg; dankelly; jimtroupis; kloppenburg; marcelias; perkinscoie; prosser; wisconsinshowdown
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It's not over until it's over.

And when Dems lose, it's NEVER over until they are declared the winners.

1 posted on 04/08/2011 4:55:47 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625

How bout this. Let’s go with what we’ve got. Prosser got the majority of the votes. Let him keep his job and we all celebrate by stringing up a bunch of shyster lawyers on an old oak! We could really “make the world a better place” while getting in a lot of good laughs.


2 posted on 04/08/2011 4:59:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (How's that Keynesian economics working out for ya so far?)
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To: PapaBear3625; Al B.; onyx; Brices Crossroads; Lakeshark; sarah fan UK
Now where have I heard about Perkins Coie before?

Oh yeah...

The Harassment of Sarah Palin"

Indeed, former Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Kerry’s trust was drafted by Perkins Coie, President Barack Obama’s law firm.

On cue, within minutes of the announcement of Governor Palin’s trust, a complaint was filed. And, the first “independent counsel” selected to investigate the trust was none other than the Alaska office of Perkins Coie.

Apparently before realizing that Governor Palin’s trust was nearly identical to the trust Perkins Coie prepared for John Kerry, the Perkins Coie “independent counsel” found in a detailed nine page “CONFIDENTIAL” letter — that was promptly leaked to the media — that Gov. Palin’s trust was illegal.

3 posted on 04/08/2011 5:03:32 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: PapaBear3625

The Democrats and their lawyers can go to Hell.


4 posted on 04/08/2011 5:05:33 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
From their wiki page:
The firm is counsel of record for the Democratic National Committee, and other political clients include nearly all Democratic members of the United States Congress, as well as several Presidential campaigns, including those of John Kerry and Barack Obama. Its corporate clients include international high-technology and telecommunications companies.

With its main office located in Seattle, Perkins Coie is the oldest and largest law firm headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. Notable living alumni of the firm include, among others, current White House Counsel Robert Bauer, current Attorney General of Washington State Rob McKenna, and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Margaret McKeown and Ronald M. Gould.[3]

In 2009, President Obama appointed Robert Bauer, the Chair of the firm's Political Law Group, to become his White House Counsel.


5 posted on 04/08/2011 5:09:33 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Perkens Coie is the firm that represents obama in any BC challenges also.


6 posted on 04/08/2011 5:11:54 AM PDT by Hypo2
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To: PapaBear3625

The Dems are hoping to Frankenize the Wisconsin election and they are crafty. Gotta keep an eye on them every minute. In Minnesota they had the Sec. of State and the judges on their side.


7 posted on 04/08/2011 5:17:26 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Good memory. Prosser’s lead negates the communist’s *right* to a recount.


8 posted on 04/08/2011 5:18:07 AM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: PapaBear3625

No matter who wins or loses, the lawyers always win.


9 posted on 04/08/2011 5:19:49 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: From The Deer Stand

WI Sec of State is also Soros-provided lefty, just like in MN.

Elections matter. As Stalin commented, it is not the votes that count, but the ones who count the votes..


10 posted on 04/08/2011 5:19:51 AM PDT by heiss
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To: popdonnelly
That is where all democrats are headed, unless they repent while they still have breath in them. Repentance would have to include leaving the Democrat party, you know dems have this ticklish issue of infanticide, and spitting on God/Christ to deal with.
11 posted on 04/08/2011 5:20:04 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012, PLEASE LORD)
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To: PapaBear3625
Somewhere down the line, the Conservatives, I am reluctant to use the term "Republican" because too many Republicans not only go along with the Democrat's tactics but aid and abet them,have got to fight back.If not, forget about, it is all over. They win.

I got a feeling that the 2012 Presidental Election is going to be a barn burned. We probably will see how nasty the Democrats can get when they control the enforcement arm of the election process.

12 posted on 04/08/2011 5:22:52 AM PDT by sport
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To: onyx

I believe while an automatic recount is now negated, Klop can fund her own recount. The question is what sources of funding are allowed.


13 posted on 04/08/2011 5:29:43 AM PDT by torchthemummy (The Audacity Of Truth Trumps All)
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To: PapaBear3625
Good luck with that. The only numbers not reported were those to the Associated Press. The numbers were duly reported in the official channels.

Unless the lawyers intend to argue that the Associated Press is the final arbiter of all elections henceforth (a fate devoutly desired by the left), they have NO case.

14 posted on 04/08/2011 5:30:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: PapaBear3625

I expect that the officials in Madison or Milwaukee will discover computer errors of their own some time today. By the time they’re done, Prosser’s vote total could be a negative number.


15 posted on 04/08/2011 5:32:02 AM PDT by K-Stater
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To: K-Stater

I am hoping that Madison will be too busy defending the fraud votes already submitted (10,000 is a large number) and coming up with another 7,500 may be just too many. It is one thing to evaporate a 1,500 vote lead. Trying to overcome a 7,500 lead may prove too large even for the leftist lawyers to pull off. You can bet the Union will pour millions into this recount but overturning this number would be a big job. Our lady in Waukesha knew exactly what she was doing - hold back a significant number of LEGITIMATE votes that will hold up under scrutiny; trying to manufacture such a large number of FRAUDULENT votes may be more than even the libs can pull off. (Although, with the MSM behind them, we can never rest until it is officially over.)


16 posted on 04/08/2011 5:39:36 AM PDT by onevoter
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To: K-Stater

In an earlier thread I read that the Milwaukee ballots are being kept in a “secure” warehouse with the Rats holding the keys! Any Wisconsin members confirm this??


17 posted on 04/08/2011 5:40:08 AM PDT by CedarDave (Democrats believe in democracy when they have the votes; when they don't they believe in thuggery.)
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To: K-Stater

“...By the time they’re done, Prosser’s vote total could be a negative number.”

They have to be careful not to manufacture or “find” too many uncounted votes lest the leftist win by millions of votes. (The Progressives are becoming increasingly and obviously subversive.)

IMHO


18 posted on 04/08/2011 5:41:18 AM PDT by ripley
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To: heiss
As Stalin commented, it is not the votes that count, but the ones who count the votes..

And a Dem Secretary of State will delay certifying a Republican winner for as long as can plausibly (or even implausibly) justify doing so. Particularly if he can get a compliant judge to give him cover.

19 posted on 04/08/2011 5:47:07 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: PapaBear3625

All I can say is thank God Prosser is the INCUMBENT. He can stay in place and uphold Walker’s law while the whole silly recount goes on and on and...


20 posted on 04/08/2011 5:48:04 AM PDT by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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