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Court Skeptical Of Norm Coleman's Arguments
Politico ^ | 6/1/09 | Josh Kraushaar

Posted on 06/02/2009 6:16:40 AM PDT by steve-b

Republican Norm Coleman's legal team on Monday faced a skeptical audience of five Minnesota Supreme Court justices, who could be his last lifeline to prevent Democrat Al Franken from being seated as the state's junior senator.

During the one-hour proceeding, the five justices peppered Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg with pointed questions on whether the campaign had provided enough evidence to prove that Coleman would have won the election if additional absentee ballots were included.

Justice Christopher Dietzen, an appointee of Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty who is considered to be the court's most conservative judge, said during the hearing that Coleman's argument was filled with "legal theory" but had "no concrete evidence to back it up."...

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: coleman; franken; mn2008; senate
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1 posted on 06/02/2009 6:16:43 AM PDT by steve-b
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To: steve-b

Shame it even came to this. Thanks, idiot voters in MN.


2 posted on 06/02/2009 6:19:51 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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To: ScottinVA

The lesson here for all of us is to get proactive in preparing for future elections by ensuring that our precincts, voting officials and district attorneys enforce voter registration laws and prosecute those who attempt to derail lawful elections. We can’t afford to let Soros and ACORN steal any more elected positions.


3 posted on 06/02/2009 6:26:45 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: ScottinVA
idiot voters

Let's not overlook Coleman. At some point, we have to admit that this man couldn't beat an Al Franken.

Here's the real Coleman....only a 64 out of 100 rating by the ACU. Coleman tried to be a moderate, and not being a Minnesotan, I can't say that's how he campaigned, but I suspect he did considering that McCain was running around the country stinking up the place with his wussy "moderateness."

4 posted on 06/02/2009 6:29:01 AM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
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To: steve-b
... and yet there is no skepticism by the court for "found votes" 100% for Stuart Smalley?

How large was the ACORN syndicate in Minnesota after all?

5 posted on 06/02/2009 6:30:40 AM PDT by steelyourfaith ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" - Lady Thatcher)
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To: ScottinVA
Shame it even came to this. Thanks, idiot voters in MN.

Coleman was a great Senator. He just happened to be a victim of the George Bush backlash in the Gopher State.

6 posted on 06/02/2009 6:32:19 AM PDT by meandog (If you don't like pitbulls, don't get one!)
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To: xzins
Let's not overlook Coleman. At some point, we have to admit that this man couldn't beat an Al Franken. Here's the real Coleman....only a 64 out of 100 rating by the ACU. Coleman tried to be a moderate, and not being a Minnesotan, I can't say that's how he campaigned, but I suspect he did considering that McCain was running around the country stinking up the place with his wussy "moderateness."

Franken(stein) didn't beat Norm Coleman, George Bush did...and it had nothing to do with McCain. Coleman suffered because of Bush's 25 percent favorability rating.

7 posted on 06/02/2009 6:43:50 AM PDT by meandog (If you don't like pitbulls, don't get one!)
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To: steelyourfaith
30,000 voters registered by ACORN.

Our AG refused to investigate.

8 posted on 06/02/2009 6:48:52 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: steve-b

http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/10/10/game-on-coleman-drops-negative-ads-team-franken-responds-by-calling-coleman-an-arsonist/

COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: SENATOR NORM COLEMAN: “ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION ACTING IN SUPPORT OF MY CAMPAIGN SHOULD PULL DOWN NEGATIVE ATTACK ADS”

By Michael B. Brodkorb | October 10, 2008

ST. PAUL - Today, Senator Norm Coleman announced that his campaign was pulling any negative ads that his campaign is responsible for approving, and directed that every effort be made to ensure that all such ads be removed from the airwaves.

“Any ad in which I am responsible for saying, ‘My name is Norm Coleman and I approved this message,’ I have directed my campaign to begin immediately pulling down,” said Senator Norm Coleman. “And, I call upon any group, or organization that is intending to support my candidacy to do just that – support my candidacy and not attack my opponents. If these organizations wish to influence the outcome of this campaign, they can best do so by providing the people of my state with a positive reflection of my record, and my vision for the future. It’s time to end the negativity in a day when people are looking and reaching for hope and confidence.


9 posted on 06/02/2009 6:49:19 AM PDT by roses of sharon (We must get a grip on what we can, and hold on. Hold on with energy, imagination, and ferocity)
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To: meandog
Coleman is a RINO. most people I talk to don't like Franken either. Even if they voted for him.

Most think that having a new election where NEITHER of these idiots get to run would be a great idea.

10 posted on 06/02/2009 6:49:58 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: ScottinVA

Like I’ve said before, if they did the election over but this time required ID to vote, Franken would have his a$$ handed to him.
(And of all the sources out there, why Politico?! Geez...)


11 posted on 06/02/2009 6:50:16 AM PDT by astyanax (I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
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To: steve-b
Let's make a habit of this, shall we?

steve-bARF ALERT !!!
12 posted on 06/02/2009 6:52:21 AM PDT by astyanax (I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
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To: meandog

You’re right.

I noticed George Bush’s name on all the yard signs in Minnesota, and sure enough, it was George showed up to debate.

Norm really should have had a more active presence, shouldn’t he?

/srcsm


13 posted on 06/02/2009 7:01:55 AM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
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Bush took more than just Coleman down with him, if you'd bothered to read the results of the 2008 election because Obama's coattails were no where near as big as the media claimed ... if you really believe it was all Coleman and McCain who caused the loss, then how do you explain that the McCain/Palin ticket was ahead in the polls until the October "cry-sis" that Bush announced, the stock market meltdown, and the bailouts that followed? Adding to it, of course, was Bush's record unpopularity equaled only by Hoover and Truman.
14 posted on 06/02/2009 7:14:42 AM PDT by meandog (If you don't like pitbulls, don't get one!)
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To: xzins

Lets be frank here

Dole lost North Carolina! The GOP got throttled in the last election and that sank allot of good senators here is why Coleman lost

(1) Zero-Mania: The 0ne took Minnesota by 10 points and Coleman ‘lost’ by only a few hundred many of which where ahem ‘found votes’.

(2) The Timing of the collapse: a month before election this hurt anyone remotely attached to Bush who was wrongfully singled out by the media


15 posted on 06/02/2009 7:16:29 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
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To: xzins

Yes, I’ve read that Coleman was a “moderate” Republican, which basically means a person is more Democrat than Republican. I believe a lot of true Republicans just stayed home on election day. Several years ago when I first heard that Franken might run for Minnesota Senator, I laughed—I thought who in their right mind would vote for that fool. I still can’t believe people would vote for that fool.


16 posted on 06/02/2009 7:25:43 AM PDT by appleton14
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To: steve-b

I guess the justices have never heard of acorn.

if they seal the deal, they are as complicit as those who helped steal this election.


17 posted on 06/02/2009 7:34:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: tgusa

Modus Operandi:

Cast enough “illegal” ballots to make the election close and cast doubt on the efficacy of the process. Let the recount chip (chads?) fall where they may (Chambliss).

ACORN is not stealing elections, they are undermining the voting process, to delegitimize it and eliminate it as we know it.

The goal is to replace it with faux-voting on candidates hand-picked by the ruling elite class (Statists).


18 posted on 06/02/2009 7:39:52 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: steve-b

They are wrong the USSC is the last stop for Norm Colman and hopefully he will keep fighting as long as he can. If the Dems aren’t able to get all of the left wing stuff through by Dec 2009 then they go into 2010 saying they want to raise taxes etc to fund all of this stuff and that IMHO is not a good message for re election!


19 posted on 06/02/2009 10:20:43 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: xzins
there were over 400,000 votes in Minn for some third party saviour......

same thing when Ventura won....he split everything into thirds and he got the bigger third....

if we expect PERFECT candidates, then we will always lose.....

this is why we have the Rats controlling the whole country and many states....stupid, silly selfish little voters and all those glorious conservative voters who never seem to vote...all those good Christians you know.....

20 posted on 06/02/2009 8:44:09 PM PDT by cherry
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