On Saturday morning, lawyers representing Norm Coleman tried to torpedo Minnesota election law and have Norm Coleman declared Senator by judicial fiat (Funny how conservatives believe in judicial restraint in all matters except election law). Matt has more on this subject here.
What I found most interesting about the whole fiasco, however, was that one of Coleman’s own lawyers, Fritz Knaak, came out of the proceeding and admitted that counting the 32 ballots at issue (and by extension the other revisions that have taken place since Election Day) was “neither wrong nor unfair.”
Hey, Micheal…did ya here that? Fritz says give it a rest!
Knaak also said that Coleman would not appeal the ruling. If Norm Coleman himself is not fighting the process, why are some people still trying to undermine it?
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Zack:
It’s nice to see that Team Franken and/or the DFL sent you other liberal bloggers talking points for today.
Wow, what a cock.
I’m not sure I follow you Michael.
The court threw out the motion.
Coleman’s own attorney admitted that counting the 32 absentee ballots was neither wrong nor unfair.
Coleman won’t appeal the judge’s ruling.
Votes considered legitimate will be counted and he with the most votes wins.
As the law requires.
The talking point is…?
“I know you are, but what am I?” Mr. B. is so used to repeating and distributing talking points that he is apparently unable to conceive of any other form of political discourse (think for yourself? As if!).
How come I don’t get these all important talking points memos from our progressive socialist dictators? I’m a liberal Democrat… I read the Daily Kos. Dammit I want to be told what to do… I might make a mistake and actually think the Republican Party is something more than a criminal enterprise and now a regional political party.
this Republican pissing contest is stupid, count all the votes and whoever wins wins.
Interesting post by Nate Silver on the Franken/Coleman recount over at 538.com: http://is.gd/6Tp1
Really, Judicial Fiat? Zack, be honest now, Norm did not attempt to have himself annoited Senator by the Judiciary, which is what you implied. Your rhetoric is a bit overheated these days.
Now, what was filed was an emergency injunction to halt the process until the irregularities of the recount process and of ballot safety/integrity could be sorted out. It wan an emergency injunction, not a permanent injunction.
Take a deep breath, and count to ten………….
Knaak also said that Coleman would not appeal the ruling. If Norm Coleman himself is not fighting the process, why are some people still trying to undermine it?
Because Brodkorb is paid very very well to undermine it.
Ahh! This just in!!
MDE SENATE RACE 2008
RECOUNT UPDATE…
Mark Ritchie smells.
I know, this is off topic, but since there isn’t an “Open Thread” here, I’ll just put it here. I say Elwyn Tinklenberg, for Govenor in 2010.