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Senate GOP to block attempt to seat Franken early
StarTribune ^ | 1/2/09 | Brian Bakst/AP

Posted on 01/02/2009 9:45:31 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

The top Senate Republican said his caucus would block any attempt to seat Democrat Al Franken until an anticipated court case over Minnesota's close election is finished and an official election certificate is conferred.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn said Friday that Republicans would object to seating the race leader Franken sooner. A filibuster would require 60 votes to break — a few more than Democrats currently hold in Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: coleman; congress; electionussenate; franken; recount; stealingelections; votefraud
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MN Senate recount update.....
1 posted on 01/02/2009 9:45:32 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Unbelievable. Some backbone from the GOP.
2 posted on 01/02/2009 9:48:47 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thank God for my Senator.


3 posted on 01/02/2009 9:49:21 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (Welcome to Obama's America... Be afraid, be very afraid)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

There’s little to do except to watch as the Dems try to block Burris and try to seat Franken. It’s like a bad sitcom that gets persistently high ratings.


4 posted on 01/02/2009 9:49:28 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Our government is an edifice of artifice.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
What's the very latest count.....Frankenstain is up by how many? Thanks.

Leni

5 posted on 01/02/2009 9:49:45 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Not to worry, it will turn back into jelly in about a day or two.


6 posted on 01/02/2009 9:49:55 AM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Will wonders never cease.......


7 posted on 01/02/2009 9:50:22 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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8 posted on 01/02/2009 9:50:47 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: MinuteGal

+49


9 posted on 01/02/2009 9:51:06 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Keep counting till the Democrat has a lead, then declare him the winner. It worked in Washington State. they will make it work here. It also helps to have a Democrat “canvasing” board to canvas the election results in their favor.


10 posted on 01/02/2009 9:56:29 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (WHAT? Where did my tag line go?)
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To: MplsSteve

You know, some of us Californians are going to enjoy having someone in the Senate who’ll draw attention away from our own numbskulled senator, Barbara Boxer.

Thanks, MN, much appreciated.


11 posted on 01/02/2009 9:56:56 AM PST by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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“You know, some of us Californians are going to enjoy having someone in the Senate who’ll draw attention away from our own numbskulled senator, Barbara Boxer.”

That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s a stupidity contest, and there’s only a slim chance that Boxer can be edged out.


12 posted on 01/02/2009 9:59:15 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Our government is an edifice of artifice.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

i just cant believe al franken is going to be a senator. that just shows what has happened to the citizens of this country. things are heading south and fast.


13 posted on 01/02/2009 10:00:41 AM PST by philsfan24
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I demand another recount.


14 posted on 01/02/2009 10:02:22 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: philsfan24; Eric in the Ozarks
In a related development......Pawlenty questions Senate race court order
15 posted on 01/02/2009 10:02:46 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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16 posted on 01/02/2009 10:03:40 AM PST by LiberConservative ("I, you know, can see, you know, upstate, you know, from my house, you know.")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It won’t matter. In the end, the GOP senators will be shaking Franken’s hand, calling him “my good friend” on TV shows, and badmouthing those “meanspirited Rightwingers”.


17 posted on 01/02/2009 10:05:27 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Well, if anyone can do it, it’s Al Franken.


18 posted on 01/02/2009 10:06:15 AM PST by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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To: LiberConservative

Yaeh....Jesse Ventura, Al Franken.....I suppose that Garrison Keillor will be the next one in this never-ending nightmare that has become Minnesota “politics”.


19 posted on 01/02/2009 10:09:53 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

At last, some indication that the GOP has some nads. Now the only question is how long will they maintain that stance.

The democrat party has relied on the GOP lack of spine to maintain their program of massive voting fraud.

Deny them at every turn and make it hurt.


20 posted on 01/02/2009 10:13:30 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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