[GreatOne]

Even though it was reported widely here that many people voted for Wellstone out of grief, expect the DemoRats to try to pony up some lame attempt to steal this seat.

[laconic]

Coleman won by over 40,000 votes and the 11,000 voted for a man other than Mondale. I don't see any legal basis, although that wouldn't stop them from trying.

[Mike Darancette]

Coleman is over 57,000 votes ahead, 12,000 votes won't do it.

[ClearCase_guy]

Litigation may well occur. But this would go all the way up to the US Supremes if necessary and there is no way that a major party candidate can combine his own votes with another candidate's. If the Dems wanted Wellstone's votes to count, they should have left him on the ticket and told Mondale to take a hike. They didn't do that. So Mondale gets the Mondale votes and the Dems lose out on the Wellstone votes. It's quite simple.

[sauropod]

No doubt about that.

It was delicious to watch McAuliffe have to put on a game face last night.

It was more delicious to watch Carville admit that even he couldn't spin this one. 'Pod

[Snuffington]

I see that the late Paul Wellstone has garnered 11,766 at this point, easily enough to make up the difference between Sen. Coleman and Still-A-Loser Mondale.

Current counts have Coleman up by over 50,000. His lead seems to be growing as the final precincts report in.

[dwilli]

There is no way on earth a vote for Paul Wellstone can be credited to Walter Mondale. The votes can be deemed null and void and that could be a constitutional infringement but in that case the voters would be required to vote again. That would break the law on when a senatorial vote has to be held.

[aristeides]

Bring it on, losers! If the trial lawyers do this service for the RATs, can you say "tort reform"?

[jimtorr]

The demwits already tried that last week, and the MN Supremes said "no way, Sven".

[FreeTally]

Nah, this was already settled before the election. The dufuses may try, but no suit will be heard. The State Supreme Court ruled according to the law already. There was no other possible remedy other than what is prescribed by the law.

The margin appears to be too wide anyway.

[Illbay]

"Another Vanity on Vanities" by Jim Robinson

"Please help us improve the news to noise ratio - post your rant as a reply rather than a vanity post" by Jim Robinson

"Vanity: Please help prevent the vanity explosion" by Jim Robinson

[Jonah Hex]

I posted the same proposition last night. Like you, I can easily see a Dem lawsuit happening.

[Nick Danger]

I don't think we'll see a legal challenge, because I don't think Mondale really wants the seat. If control of the Senate turned on it, they would for sure pursue it, but Mondale does not want to give up his cushy life as a lighly-paid lawyer to go to Washington, DC as a member of the minority party. That's just six years of frustration that he doesn't need.

In fact it wouldn't surprise me if Lautenberg does not now develop some "debilitating illness" that requires him to resign from his newly-acquired Senate seat. Like Mondale, Lautenberg was being the Good Party Soldier, but that was when Democratic control of the Senate was at stake. Without that, he's "won" nothing but six unpleasant years of getting steamrolled. At his age, he doesn't need the hassle.

[Utopia]

A vote for Paul Wellstone is no different than a vote for Mickey Mouse -- it won't / doesn't count. There is no legal precedent for making an invalid vote count. Even in Florida 2000, there were many who selected "Bush" and ALSO wrote in: "President Bush". Those votes were tossed out. Reasoning? -- It was decided that "President Bush" referred to x41. Since x41 was not running for President and the voter incorrectly selected 2 candiates (father and son).

[MattMa]

VP Mondale stated in his concession speech that there would not be any legal action on his behalf. Mondale more or less said, I lost, let's move on.