GOP pays $750,000 in Coleman legal bills

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – The National Republican Senatorial Committee is picking up the tab on former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's legal bills, to the tune of $750,000, a Republican official confirms to CNN.

Coleman remains locked in a months-long court battle with Democrat Al Franken, after the Election Day result failed to yield a clear winner. In April, a three-judge panel ruled Franken should be declared the winner with a margin of 312 votes, a ruling Coleman is appealing to the state's Supreme Court.

The $750,000 tab is no small check for the NRSC to write, which ended the first quarter of this year with $2.27 million cash on hand and $1 million in debt. But the organization remains firmly behind Coleman, who alone stands between Democrats and their hopes of achieving a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

NRSC Chairman John Cornyn has said Coleman's challenge could go through federal courts and take "years" to resolve. He also threatened "World War III" if Democrats try to seat Franken prematurely.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/20/gop-pays-750000-in-coleman-legal-bills/

[opihimoimoi]

1. Them GOP BULLIES would rather use their monies to support Norm

than spend it to advance America?

Why do they hate Fair Play so much they deny reality and Truth?

The GOP is self Imploding with boner moves like this

[Blandocyte]

2. Money Pit!

[bluestateguy]

3. Good!

Money down the rathole for a case they will ultimately lose. That's 750,000 that's not going to be used for negative ads in 2010.

[liberalmuse]

4. Norm's become one helluva sink hole.

One can hope he takes the entire Republican Party with him. Fall in, all you bastards. Fall in!

[peacetalksforall]

5. See what they try to do? Influence their followers who don't have the

interest to follow the law and the precedents (and the differences between State and Federal unless it is some swarmy religious thing they want to impose on the entire nation).

"NRSC Chairman John Cornyn has said Coleman's challenge could go through federal courts and take "years" to resolve. He also threatened "World War III" if Democrats try to seat Franken prematurely."

Yes, Democrats want to seat Franken, LAWFULLY - which may be too premature for their agenda and selfish, piggish reasons.

[Initech]

6. Its the campaign that never ends!

[sellitman]

7. World War III ?

Bring it on!

[safeinOhio]

8. World War lll, right

they'll show up with a knife at a gun fight.

[gratuitous]

9. Lavish spending for last year's losing campaign

I like it. That's $750,000 that won't be spent on any up-and-comers, shoring up a shaky incumbent, or fighting off a strong challenge. All to benefit the guy who lost the 2008 race. Is it any wonder the GOP is in their present situation? And Cornyn's big talk is just that - talk. When Franken is seated, he's going to sit down like a good little boy. He might whine and pout a little, but there's nothing he can do about it.

[Gamey]

10. More proof of reckless GOP spending

[judesedit]

11. What's going around will come around for these major assholes

[mitchum]

12. That's quite an expensive pacifier

[Ian David]

13. Al Franken's campaign called and asked if I could donate like $2,300.

The best I could do was another $50.

Please donate to Al Franken's legal fund to get him seated!

https://secure.alfranken.com/page/contribute



https://secure.alfranken.com/page/contribute

[PassingFair]

14. So it's you and me and our $75.00 combined contribution...

can we get Franken into HIS seat?

Come on, people.

Give til it hurts. Okay, give til
it stings a little, like I do!

:hi:

[Wednesdays]

15. K&R

:kick:

[xchrom]

16. recommend -- for franken's contribution site. nt