Schumer, Menendez Call For Coleman To Concede

[jefferson_dem]

Schumer, Menendez Call For Coleman To Concede
By Eric Kleefeld - April 7, 2009, 3:36PM

The DSCC has released these two statements, after Al Franken extended his lead to 312 votes when more ballots were counted today:

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during the 2008 cycle, released the following statement:

"When you contest the results of an election, and you lose ground, you ought to know time is up. The people have spoken, and now that the courts have spoken, Norm Coleman ought to let the process of seating a Senator go forward."

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, current chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released the following statement:

"Today everyone saw proof of what we have known for a long time: once all the properly cast votes were counted, Al Franken won the election. The people of Minnesota deserve their second Senator and it is time to stop holding the seat hostage to pursue an ideological agenda. We have always said Norm Coleman deserved his day in court - he got two months. It is now time to move on, and let Senator-elect Al Franken get to work for the people of Minnesota."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/schumer-menendez-call-for-coleman-to-concede.php

[ClarkUSA]

1. Unfortunately, Coleman plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court until the cows come home...

... or his $$$ runs out, which comes first. Keep in mind that the RNC is actually having fundraisers to keep Coleman
litigating for years, if possible.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Really, they should just run an ad of Coleman calling for Franken to concede over and over and over

[Cha]

3. coleman was actually stupid enough to be

filmed calling for Franken to concede?!

By all means..that's an excellent idea and play those idiots calling for Gore to resign to.

coleman's already going down in infamy as a national tragic joke.

[rvablue]

4. It's a nice start but the rest of the Dem Senators need to starting chanting the same thing

can you imagine if we were looking at a set of reverse circumstance.

You wouldn't see a single Repub on TV who wasn't calling for Franken to step aside.

Time is up. The Democrats need to get loud and repetetive on this. No TV appearance without fitting in a sentence about Franken -- which would be easy as it could be used as an example of Republican obstructionism.