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Should Norm Coleman Concede?
WaPo ^ | 4/2/09 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 04/02/2009 1:40:01 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun

In the two days since a three judge state panel handed Norm Coleman a major setback in his election contest against entertainer Al Franken (D) the former Minnesota senator has made clear that he has no plans to declare defeat anytime soon.

"Well, clearly it wasn't over," Coleman said during a radio interview yesterday, adding: "Every vote has to now be counted, and as I repeat again and again, counted with a uniform standard."

Coleman's lead lawyer, Ben Ginsberg, has dismissed the court's ruling on Tuesday as an "April Fool's day" decision. The ruling "gives us no choice but to appeal that order to Minnesota Supreme Court," added Ginsberg.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: coleman; concede; franken; mn
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To: anniegetyourgun

WaPo needs to be asked if they ever considered asking Franken to concede, and why they waited until Franken was “ahead” before asking someone (read: Coleman) to concede.


21 posted on 04/02/2009 1:49:53 PM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, hey-hey, ho-ho!)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Hell no!
Never give in—make them wait and see....


22 posted on 04/02/2009 1:50:24 PM PDT by gunnyg
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WOW! Almost all the responding Freepers must think that Coleman would not vote like Franken! I disagree - he's just another lib/dem in republican drag.
23 posted on 04/02/2009 1:51:36 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: gunnyg

What would the messiah do? He wouldn’t quit. Drag it out as long as possible. Maybe Stewart will die of a heart attack before it is done.
All the way to the Supreme’s.


24 posted on 04/02/2009 1:53:09 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: anniegetyourgun

I didn’t realize his atty is Ben Ginsburg....I love that guy!


25 posted on 04/02/2009 1:53:28 PM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: anniegetyourgun

NO.

But he will - at some point. The McCain wing of the Party will prevail upon him the need to be civil, to act to stabalize the government and help the new President “succeed.”


26 posted on 04/02/2009 1:54:21 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: anniegetyourgun
In the two days since a three judge state panel handed Norm Coleman a major setback in his election contest against entertainer Al Franken (D) the former Minnesota senator has made clear that he has no plans to declare defeat anytime soon.

Damn it!

It's up to us Minnesota voters not people around the U.S.A!

We need a special election and NOW!

THEN let's see who wins by a virtual landslide!

That would be too fair however to consider of course.

27 posted on 04/02/2009 1:55:41 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: anniegetyourgun

That he may be, and if so, the longer it takes, the better off we all are... Just Say NO!!


28 posted on 04/02/2009 1:57:42 PM PDT by opaque soul
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To: anniegetyourgun
With what the RATS pull in Alaska and in Minnesota, we need to name this Senate for the history books. King Obama's House of Lords?
29 posted on 04/02/2009 2:00:37 PM PDT by 11th Commandment (United States is a NOW a Terrorist Nation- we export abortion!)
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To: anniegetyourgun

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense.” — Winston Churchill


30 posted on 04/02/2009 2:00:40 PM PDT by mc5cents (Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
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To: opaque soul

Not that it matters.


31 posted on 04/02/2009 2:00:51 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun

No!


32 posted on 04/02/2009 2:02:01 PM PDT by Racer1
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To: mc5cents

I am a realist. But, I assure you - I’ll never give up. I am the resistance, and I will not compromise. So - in the end, they’ll have to line me up against the wall and shoot me.


33 posted on 04/02/2009 2:03:44 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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He used to be a Dimocrat before he was a Republican however he has NEVER been photographed as an adult wearing a diaper.
34 posted on 04/02/2009 2:04:34 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: anniegetyourgun

No.


35 posted on 04/02/2009 2:05:39 PM PDT by FTJM
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To: EGPWS

Well, there is that....


36 posted on 04/02/2009 2:05:48 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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entertainer Al Franken (D)

Heh!

Leaves the definition of "entertainer" wide open doesn't it?

37 posted on 04/02/2009 2:11:31 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Not until all votes are counted with a uniform standard, which apparently has not happened.


38 posted on 04/02/2009 2:12:11 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: anniegetyourgun

It sounds like from this that Coleman has no intention of conceding. GOOD!! I hope he fights this to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. After what the Dims did to Stevens of Alaska, we need to win one of these corruption cases.


39 posted on 04/02/2009 2:17:41 PM PDT by Humal
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To: anniegetyourgun

When dumbO produces his birth certificate and college transcripts.


40 posted on 04/02/2009 2:21:31 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (Socialism is the results when Gresham's Law is applied to politics.)
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