Conservatives Preparing For Coleman Defeat

[babylonsister]

Sam Stein

Conservatives Preparing For Coleman Defeat

December 31, 2008 09:30 AM


As the window closes on Norm Coleman's chances for retaining his seat in the Senate, some conservatives are beginning to envision life without the Minnesota Republican.

In a filing on the conservative website, NewsMax.com, author David A. Patten looked at the numbers and saw in them a Coleman-less Senate.

The counting of improperly rejected absentee ballots will probably increase Democratic challenger Al Franken's lead over incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman according to a new analysis of voting trends, effectively relegating Coleman to filing lawsuits considered unlikely to reverse the outcome of the election.

Others on the right are not ready to accept defeat. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn released a statement on Tuesday indicating that some GOP senators would resist seating Franken before the courts have their say, even if the Democratic challenger is declared the winner of the recount. "I expect the Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won an election," Cornyn claimed.

In private, meanwhile, GOP officials have begun to contemplate Al Franken -- whose lead stands at a scant 50 votes and with largely favorable absentee ballots left to count -- ending up in Washington D.C.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/31/conservatives-preparing-f_n_154386.html

[Stellabella]

1. Well, this line made me spit my Pepsi.

"I expect the Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won an election"

Keeriiiist.

[hobbit709]

4. Cornyn isn't even close to being the brightest bulb on the tree.

It's hard to tell who is stupider, Cornyn or Goodhair.

[williesgirl]

2. Let em eat shit and die! They ruined our country. rec'd

[Turbineguy]

3. Taking their places

at their keyboards in their Mom's basement?

[peekaloo]

5. Well that's just stinkin' thinkin'!

BWAH!

Senator Al Franken. :D

[Eric J in MN]

6. Minnesota law says that a recount winner can't be certified until the lawsuits are resolved.

I doubt that Al Franken or Norm Coleman will start in the next Senate until late January or later.

[marshall]

7. They ought to be looking forward to being entertained if nothing else!

Senator Al will have them rolling in the aisles with his lines.

[monmouth]

9. Al Franken and Barney Frank....A dynamic duo. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

8. HAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl:

[aquart]

10. What does "duly won" mean?

[dems_rightnow]

12. Looks like...

"All legal battles over"

[Hosnon]

11. Good. And I'm sick of the meme that Democrats are "scared" that a Franken

win will trigger a Hollywood rush on politics. It may, but it's unlikely. And if the L.A. candidate wins, so be it.

[babylonsister]

13. I've never even heard that speculation. Most people in their right

mind and with a good career wouldn't even consider politics. Those with a conscience who understand what's going on I welcome.