The destination that Republicans see for Senate-seat saga? ‘The bitter end’
Monday, March 09, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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Where do national Republican leaders, who are helping bankroll Norm Coleman’s election contest fight, see Minnesota’s Senate saga going? “We’re in completely,” National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) tells The Politico. “We’ll support Norm to the bitter end.”
Cornyn also told Politico that Coleman has repeatedly brought up the possibility that the state will hold a re-vote. The former Minnesota senator has mentioned a do-over election at “different times,” the Texas senator said. Legal experts call a re-do one of the most distant of possible scenarios for resolving the Senate-seat snarl.
The absence from the U.S. Senate of Democrat Al Franken — who was determined to be the winner by 225 votes of a statewide recount that’s been contested by Coleman in a St. Paul courtroom for the last month and a half — was felt most sharply last week as Senate Democrats struggled on votes to pass the omnibus federal spending bill.
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Comment posted March 9, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
“The absence from the U.S. Senate of Democrat Al Franken — who was determined to be the winner by 225 votes of a statewide recount that’s been contested by Coleman in a St. Paul courtroom for the last month and a half — was felt most sharply last week as Senate Democrats struggled on votes to pass the omnibus federal spending bill.”
If they can keep Al out of Washington until the President’s first 100 days are over, I expect them to walk away. Doesn’t Norm understand what a tool he is? If he REALLY gave one cent for Minnesota, he would have taken his dignity and thanked MN for allowing him to serve. Instead, he shows his true colors. One thing that Norm does NOT want right now is a do-over.
Comment posted March 9, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
Please tell me when Norman Coleman ever recognized and acted upon any principle other than his own self interest. He shows up every day for the trial, stays all day, and collects his paycheck. And that money consists of our tax dollars, laundered through the Israeli Likudnik apparatus. Mostly, he just provides the current congresscritters with an example of how the Israelis make sure they take care of their own.
Find me someone who will stand up in the Senate and start hollering about how Don Siegelman and
Richard Scushy should be immediately pardoned and released from the clutches of the Rove/GOP
mafia in Alabama. Oh yeah – that would be Senator Al Franken, wouldn’t it?
Comment posted March 11, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
a ‘do-over’ could only be justified if an election-deciding margin of votes (225+?) were found to be irretrievably corrupted.
Comment posted March 12, 2009 @ 7:41 am
YES NORM YOUR FREINDS? WILL TALK ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM OF THE COUNTRY CLUB AND CALL YOU AN ASS AND LOSER. YOU ACT LIKE A LITTLE BOY WHOSE DADDY HAS A LOT OF MONEYE AND CAN GET YOU OUY OF TROUBLE ANYTIME. DON’T THINK IT WILL WORK THIS TIME NORMY PLEASE PUT YOUR MARBLES BACK IN THE BAG AND GO HOME , MOM WILL BAKE YOU SOME COOKIES!
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