Comments on: Coleman-Franken feud could end in state Supreme Court, experts say

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:00:25 +0000

Frankin is a Harvard graduate with a good mind and will be a great senator. Give him a chance. Norm Coleman was a puppet for Bush and never thought for himself. It is time this is over and Minnesota gets its second senator, Frankin. The stalling is not good for Minnesota and not good for the country. Norm will never get elected to anything from Minnesota ever again and, if our governor does not seat him soon, he will never get elected again.

By: renee

renee — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:47:05 +0000

it’s bad enough coleman is taking up minesota’s time and resoures right now, but if they take rep. mitch mcconnel’s advice and waste nat’l resoures and time, i hope many nat’l taxpayers call and email their nat’l lawmakers and demand an immediate investigation into wheather or not if a certain someone or someones in the republican party are giving him money to drag this out long enough so al franken can’t be seated in time to vote on things republicans want to block as long as possible. besides, it is well known that norm needs to pay for his house renovations, he holds at least two morgages on his house, and he may need help paying his kid’s college tuiton. all under the table of course.

By: Richard Massey

Richard Massey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:19:16 +0000

I would not be surprised to have the Judges deciding the Minnesota Election Contest to render a Ruling which brings the curtain down on the Contest; naming Franken the victor and dismissing the Case for Coleman with Prejudice and Appropriate Sanctions Attached.
The Coleman Team could not gather sufficient evidence to prove their case. They imported witnesses who came to Court and said what the Coleman Team suggested they say to help Norm win. They were caught in their lies and exposed for the inconsequential effect they’d have on the decision. Another woman who Coleman relied upon for the basis of his argument was proved she was in collusion by several incriminating emails she submitted after she exposed herself as a Coleman operative.
That the trio of Judges were upset with Team Colman for pulling these stunts was obvious in the way they admonished the witnesses for their behavior.
All through the seven week process the Coleman Team did one thing after another to make the Judges want to slap their faces for the bullshit they tried to pull-off in their Court.
Pissed them off good; they did. Regularly!
But, nothing like actually filing a Motion which would have required The Court to REVERSE a recent decision and Rule against themselves. NOTHING could be more ridiculous and offensive to the trio of Judges hearing the Contest.
Throwing more insult upon serious injury done to themselves by asking for a Reversal from this Court upon one of their Rulings; the Coleman Team politely asked The Court NOT to use The Law determining the case but to attach their good will and just use Common Sense.
Just use Common Sense … huh, boys?
If The Court had been allowed to use Common Sense to decide this faked, Bad-Faith, suit from Norm Coleman; they’d have stood-up and told you how they really felt about having to listen to you making-it-up every day for seven weeks and just screamed at Norm and all of his lawyers and the Coleman bit-players to get your phony, lying-asses out of their Court and don’t come back.

By: ralpherus

ralpherus — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:09:56 +0000

Hey up there in iceland… Um, is it true, some of what I have heard: that there are counties in minnesota that had more ballots cast than registered voters?? REALLY? I would say- toss ou that entire county’s votes before counting the valid counties…. Um, did you hear about the harp seals and some other brand of seal showing up in north carolina? Must be the arcti is getting so hot, the seals had to come to subtropical cool places… we have had snow four times this cold season… as opposed to you know- once every thirty years… that global warming snow of the carolinas… and global warming seal migrations… and- oh no! Not an ugly frog faced senator to compete with that fugly pig waxman int he senate?!?!?! ALIEN INVASION!!!

By: Viewer

Viewer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:48:50 +0000

For all of this legal effort, nobody is going to be satisfied. They should just hold a run off between these two. It could be settled in 30 days.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:07:12 +0000

Franken is stealing the election. He has ZERO credentials to be a US Senator, except for having a big ego. The audacity of thinking that a has-been, moderately successful comedy writer is entitled to being Senator! I used to think that Minnesota was a great state, with wholesome, heartland values. Boy, was I wrong!

By: Ed Hall

Ed Hall — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:42:15 +0000

The Republicans are winning this game… the longer they can delay a final decision, the longer the Democrats have to find a Republican to replace that needed vote in reaching 60.

By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Minnesota Senate Race Could Be Decided By Court?

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:33:19 +0000

[...] From Minnesota Independent: “The most obvious, clean resolution is resolution by the [current] three-judge court, with no appeal,” says [Guy] Charles, a University of Minnesota Law School professor who is teaching at Duke University Law School this year. The next, least-complicated scenario: A decision from the current court is appealed to the state Supreme Court, but with no further appeal or recourse to any other venue. [...]

By: Bill P

Bill P — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:18:00 +0000

First Jesse “The Body” Ventura and now Al “SNL” Franken. Minnesota idiots are getting everything they deserves.

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:59:50 +0000

The problem is not Franken or Coleman. The problem is MN election law. It should be changed to seat the winner of any recount provisionally, while court battles, if any, proceed.

How its written right now, is just stupid.