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Here’s another open admission that the court challenge to the statewide recount that Al Franken won last month is as much about current political advantage for Senate Republicans as it is about any hope of Norm Coleman actually regaining his old seat. This is what Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who is also chair of the [...]

Norm Coleman released a new video to raise funds for his legal battle to wrest his old Senate seat from Democratic challenger Al Franken.
“I will win this election,” Coleman promises in the video. His unusually dramatic line reading reaches a crescendo in this part:
“While Al Franken, Harry Reid and their allies will likely continue their [...]

As lawyers for Al Franken and Norm Coleman sounded off in St. Paul before a special three-judge panel that may decide which man will fill Coleman’s former U.S. Senate seat, the noises coming from the nation’s capital were about seating Franken soon, before the court resolves Coleman’s election contest.
Franken met with Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]

For all their Gandalf-versus-the-Balrog declarations that former Sen. Norm Coleman “will resume his seat,” Senate Republicans have all but admitted that Al Franken will be joining the Senate soon. From CQ Politics:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have reached a tentative agreement that would give Democrats a three-seat advantage [...]

“Senate’s ruling on Burris affects seating Franken,” said a Star Tribune headline today. Not so, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told The Politico.
“People have gotten the certificate thing messed up,” Reid said, referring to documents said to be essential to taking office under state laws. “State of Illinois is an appointment. State of Minnesota is [...]

Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, is the latest to call for Norm Coleman to concede in Minnesota’s Senate race. While he’s technically correct that Coleman, the incumbent for office, is no longer a senator, the Nevada Democrat’s statement, given during his inaugural speech at the start of the 111th Congress today, seemed to go out [...]

Democrats will attempt to seat Al Franken as a U.S. senator tomorrow with the rest of the freshman class, according to a report in Congressional Quarterly. The State Canvassing Board is expected to name Franken the winner, by just 225 votes, when it convenes this afternoon.
The election will not be certified, however, for at least [...]

A war of words is beginning to erupt in the U.S. Senate over what appears to be the increasingly likely outcome of the statewide recount in Minnesota: Al Franken emerging as the candidate with the most votes. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he foresaw a Franken win while U.S. Sen. John Cornyn [...]