[Bean Counter]

“The quick, easy and cheap way to resolve this matter even now is to have a run-off election, Coleman and Franken.”

If only it were that easy. Believe me, the screaming would start right here at FR the moment SCOTUS invalidated a State’s Election, and ordered a new contest. That would require unimpeachable proof that the election was so badly compromised as to be invalid; but so would every other issue and Candidate race on the ballot along with the Coleman-Franken race.

That’s an extremely tall order, and I don’t think it’s a new legal precedent that anyone on the Left or the Right wants to set.

At least not yet...

I’m pretty sure that Al Franken is going to be seated, and he will be Minnesota’s problem. Undeniably his vote will go to the Democrats, but at the same time, Al won’t have the luxury of sitting on his ass in the office while his lawyer does his talking for him. I think it will be a matter of time until Al reverts to character and becomes every bit the National embarrassment that I expect him to be. I know of several reporters who would be highly qualified to bait Franken into dropping an “F” bomb at a news conference...

I doubt very highly that Franken will be making many close personal friends in the Senate as a new Freshman...maybe he and Roland “Tombstone” Burris can share and office, since Neither of them has a snowball’s chance in hell of serving more than one term.

[Never on my watch]

“I’m pretty sure that Al Franken is going to be seated, and he will be Minnesota’s problem.”

No, it would be the Nation's problem as well as a National disgrace. I would like to say he would tarnish the office of US Senator, but it is too late for that.

[AbeKrieger]

That would require unimpeachable proof that the election was so badly compromised as to be invalid

If 2800+ dead people, more than 6 times the margin of difference, are shown to have voted, that is not unimpeachable proof of a comprimised election? What the hell am I missing here?

[mrmeyer]

Have them settle it like gentlemen....pistols at dawn.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

If only it were that easy. Believe me, the screaming would start right here at FR the moment SCOTUS invalidated a State’s Election, and ordered a new contest. That would require unimpeachable proof that the election was so badly compromised as to be invalid; but so would every other issue and Candidate race on the ballot along with the Coleman-Franken race.

That’s an extremely tall order, and I don’t think it’s a new legal precedent that anyone on the Left or the Right wants to set.

And here you have the gist of why no court in the land will touch the Opossum "birth certificate" issue.

[VRWCmember]

That would require unimpeachable proof that the election was so badly compromised as to be invalid; but so would every other issue and Candidate race on the ballot along with the Coleman-Franken race.

Well, let's see. First Coleman won by several hundred votes, then in the recount with some ballots thrown out and some intitially excluded ballots allowed in, but military ballots not processed in time to be allowed, Franken ends up winning by about 300 votes. And now we find out that ballots were "cast" by 2812 dead people (or about 9 times Franken's eventual margin of victory after a very problematic recount process). Sounds like a pretty solid case of an election so badly compromised as to be invalid. As for the other ballot issues -- any that were decided by fewer than 2812 votes should be included on the same special election.