Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ballots

[Pierre.Suave]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/37093114.html?elr=KArksUUUU

The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected a bid by Norm Coleman in the disputed U.S. Senate election to consider counting hundreds of rejected absentee ballots from mostly Republican-leaning areas.

The court did not issue an opinion on Republican Coleman's claim that the ballots may have been wrongly rejected, saying he can press a court contest if he wants to prove his point.

The ruling this morning appears to clear the way for the State Canvassing Board this afternoon to certify results of the Senate election recount, presumably with Democrat Al Franken on top. Franken holds an unofficial 225-vote lead.

The Coleman campaign has said it's likely to file an election contest, or lawsuit, if the board does that. The campaign would have seven days to take action, and an election certificate could not be issued until the legal action was resolved.

[dflprincess]

1. What is there to say but

Take that Normie!

:bounce:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Ya know what else is interesting?

None of the current Supreme Court justices were appointed by a Democratic governor. Arne Carlson appointed a couple; Jesse appointed a couple more; and the rest were appointed by Pawlenty, including Eric Magnuson, the current Chief Justice. I once worked for Magnuson years ago; he's a good guy. I didn't even know he was a Republican. The Republicans will whine, but they haven't any grounds to complain that the court was biased.

[CatholicEdHead]

6. They will try though

with the Arne Carlson appointments, as he was the last of the moderate Republican party in the state. He was an "Independent Republican" during his last term. He did not win GOP endorcement for his last run. I expect that to be Jason Lewis et al's talking points.


:hi: to Jason Lewis' producers, plug us anytime :evilgrin:

[dpbrown]

2. So much for "yesterday the voters spoke" Coleman...

What about "stepping back" if you're behind, Norm?

[mascarax]

4. Do you think that - just this one time - Normie will do the right thing?

And just concede and play the martyr routine?
Maybe?
They've both run up huge bills for this recount. Even Norman's rich friends should want to throw good money after some other kind of bad at some point.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Normie? Do the right thing?

When has he ever done that, and why would he start now?

Nope, Normie is setting the stage for the Republicans to claim they wuz robbed.