New York Times plays dumb about sore loser Norm Coleman

[malaise]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200906220002
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But the Times article got worse as Bai tried to couch Coleman's unmatched delay efforts as part of a larger social and political trend, where people just can't admit defeat anymore:

What is new are the lengths to which losing candidates will now routinely go — and the money the parties will spend — to avoid their certain fates.

Problem is, Bai can't find a single other politician who has ever played the sore loser role as enthusiastically as Coleman. Bai did point to the Washington state governors race in 2004 and noted it "disputed for eight months." Technically, that's accurate. But Washington seated its governor in January, 2005, just two months after Election Day, whereas Minnesota is still waiting to seat its second senator, thanks to Coleman's stall tactics.

The other example Bai pointed to was " a special election for Congress in New York dragged on for more than three weeks amid legal arguments over what did and did not constitute a valid ballot." How exactly does a routine, three-week recount compare to Coleman's seven month-and-counting odyssey? Answer: It does not.

Meaning, Coleman's not part of any larger cultural trend where politicians can no longer concede defeat. Hundreds (thousands?) of them do it every election cycle in cities and states across the country. Coleman represents the radical exception, but the 'liberal media' are too timid to call him out on it.
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[gratuitous]

1. Excellent point re the Washington governor's race

Incredibly close race. Rossi, the Republican, claimed victory on election night. Gregoire, the Democrat declined to concede until the absentee votes came in. Rossi pressed for an immediate resolution and declaration, the Washington state elections board folks said, "Not so fast." The absentee ballots were opened, verified, counted, and Gregoire was certified the winner by 130 votes. The margin was reduced to 129 votes shortly after that. Rossi challenged more than 1,600 ballots, but it turned out the only ballots a judge could find that had been fraudulently cast were submitted by four ex-convicts. For Rossi. The judge excluded those ballots, and the final official margin of victory for Gregoire was 133 ballots. And she'd been in office for five months by the time that happened.

Why can't Minnesota get it together after seven months?

[marlakay]

2. What I love is that they went to court in Wenatchee

that is near where I live and red as red can be, about 90%. I know because I campaigned there last fall. Very interesting.

They must have died when she won there. I moved here shortly after it but I donated money to help the fight for her. I wanted a dem gov.

[norepubsin08]

3. Hey I live in Tacoma

and helped on that recount!

[wroberts189]

4. knr ..seat AL NOW ! nt

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[Sweet and Spicy]

6. Coleman needs to go away

He just lingers there as if he had any chance of taking what belongs to Franken. What a nuisance.

[tabbycat31]

7. so when is the court ruling coming out?