Well the problem is that Coleman and his team have a disadvantage with courts that appear to favor Franken. So sticking to one mantra is not as simple as it seems. Is it out of the ordinary to expect courts to abide by their own rulings? I know we live in an Alice in Wonderland world where even the meaning of “is” is in doubt. Tell me the strategy that would guarantee a Coleman win? I believe they need a way to re-vote the race. That is a long term and indeed fair solution. Coleman should be pushing for that and any Republicans in Minnesota should also work to facilitate that end. Otherwise I’m all for delaying Franken from taking the Senate seat till hell freezes over. It is one less vote in the Senate for the Democrats.
The bottom line is that Republicans are not as vicious
as the Democrats in these situations.
In reviewing the Court's February 10, 2009, Order, and the affidavits submitted to allow the ballots to be opened and counted, I'm not seeing what Coleman's campaign is complaining about. Seems to me that the judges did strictly follow state law (and we're talking about only 23 ballots, anyway). The bulk of the Colman team's complaint is about the 933 ballots they (stupidly) agreed to have opened and counted during the recount - even stipulating in a Beruary 3, 2009, document that those votes were legally cast - and complaining about an untold number of absentee ballots that may have been illegally opened and counted during the election; those ballots nothing can be done about.
A new election is not allowed under Minnesota law, so that is not an option.