Downballot: No SCOTUS for Norm?

[kpete]

Source: MSNBC

MINNESOTA: "Ex-Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.), at the Capitol on Tuesday to lunch with his former GOP colleagues, said he does not expect to take his election recount battle all the way to the Supreme Court," Roll Call reports. "’I’m not anticipating being across the street,' Coleman said, pointing toward the Supreme Court building as he stood just off the Senate floor. 'In the end for me, fundamentally, it’s about making sure every vote is counted.'"



Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/25/1865057.aspx

[havocmom]

1. "... making sure every vote is counted." Even all the Franken votes he tried to exclude?

What a joke he is.

[liberal N proud]

2. Every vote counted? or just every vote for Coleman counted?

What an ass.

[stillcool]

3. I think he has a habit..

of saying one thing, and doing the exact opposite.

[MADem]

4. Well, didn't the Supremes make it quite clear that the FL theft eight years ago was a one off?

He'd have a challenge just getting standing, IMO.

[AlinPA]

5. IMO, he will appeal to the SCOTUS. They will take the case because

they (the majority being republican) can't pass up a chance to seat a republican senator.

[xchrom]

6. if only republick party people had been so 'concerned' in 00. nt

[frylock]

7. i'll see that when i believe it

[truthisfreedom]

8. "in the end"??? Norm, remember the beginning? When you asked Franken to concede? What about then?

Was it about counting all of the votes then?

[StreetKnowledge]

9. Franken won, Norm. Get over it.

Not much more to say than that. The board of election directors in Minnesota was if anything more sympathetic to the GOP if anything, and you still LOST. Norm, please, go home. You're making an ass of yourself, now.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. Something to keep in mind--

Gore won too.

Frankly (Frankenly?) I'm nervous.

[dflprincess]

15. I thought the recount was run fairly

I don't know why you think there was a bias.

On the bright side, there was an article in the local paper that even Coleman supporters seem to think it has to end when the 3 judge panel finally announces its decision. If Normie has any delusions about future elective office in Minnesota (he does get mentioned as a potential GOP candidate for governor), he'll stop now.

[jmowreader]

11. "I'm continuing this recount to make sure all the votes are counted"

ST. PAUL, MINN. (Spurious News Network) -- American Legion halls are less expensive to rent if you don't ask for the heat to be turned on. Norm Coleman, perennial senatorial challenger from Minnesota, is aware of this. He's crisscrossed this northern state all these many years to persuade Minnesota's judges to continue counting the votes in his never-ending campaign to be elected Senator of Minnesota in 2008.

The judges aren't listening. "Mr. Coleman," intoned one judge, "we are trying to figure out just what the hell's your point. Every time we recount the ballots in the election, Mr. Franken's lead gets wider and wider."

And yesterday, his lead grew to what may have been an insurmountable margin. On November 4, 2014, a date his 2008 Democrat-Farmer-Laborer challenger Al Franken called "a day that will live in infamy, at least as far as Norm Coleman's concerned," Mr. Franken defeated erstwhile Republican challenger Garrison Keillor by a record 99-1 margin. Said Senator-Elect Franken, "we still can't find the one percent that admits to voting for Garrison."

When asked why he decided to run for office as a Republican, Mr. Keillor's face broke into the biggest shit-eating grin you've ever seen. "Well, someone had to. We noticed that Norm Coleman was spending so much time running back and forth between DC, Fresno and Minnesota challenging the results of the 2008 election he'd forgotten to register to run in this one. I've been DFL forever, but I really didn't think it was right for Al to run unopposed even though Norm Coleman's managed to turn so many people off from the Republican Party, half the Democrats in the state ran unopposed this year. I need to congratulate State Representative-Elect Frederico Mussolini, State Representative-Elect George Tojo and Congressman-Elect Mary Stalin on their wins. Unfortunately, Jeffrey Hitler lost by thirty votes in his race, so that 'Austin-Albert Lea-Blue Earth Axis' thing they were running on didn't come to fruition. Better luck next time, guys."

We asked Mr. Keillor if he felt the series of attack ads directed against him were effective, receiving another huge grin in reply. "Yes, about four percent, which is why we ran them. We were intent on getting stomped, which only partially explains why I campaigned drunk so much. Also, remember all the unusual endorsements? We sought them all. I bet no other candidate for any office in this election was endorsed by the Minnesota Meth Manufacturers. God, 3M was pissed when they heard about that one. I don't think they'll ever donate money to a Republican again, which is fine with me."

Mr. Keillor congratulated Senator-Elect Franken on his devastating win, and directed this message toward Mr. Coleman: "You lost twice, Norm. Go home."

[No Elephants]

12. About a week ago, Coleman said that he was going to the Supreme Court.

Franken should waive a right to a recount and save Minnesota taxpayers the money..

I want a recount because Franken's ahead now.

I expect to lose in the lower court, but I am going to the Supreme Court.

I am not going to the Supreme Court. I just want every vote counted.




Anyone else confused?

[Boswells_Johnson]

13. I thought for sure the title read "No SCROTUM for Norm?"

Either way this guy brings to mind a nut sack.

[CreekDog]

14. "In the end...it's about making sure every vote is counted"

but in the beginning it was making sure every vote WASN'T. :eyes: