GOP pays $750,000 in Coleman legal bills (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

Posted: 01:33 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney


The NRSC is paying $750,000 in legal bills on behalf of Norm Coleman.
(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.
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/20/gop-pays-750000-in-coleman-legal-bills/





:nuke:emphasis added:nuke:

[sakabatou]

1. Fuck Coleman

[hobbit709]

2. And Sen Cornpone too.

[opihimoimoi]

3. They waste Oxygen trying to revive a DEAD ROTTING HORSE

They use their precious funds on HIM??? For what? For Politics? Isn't that counter productive to a Better Nation? Or Country First is only a shallow phrase used by the GOP??

Just what do they stand for??? Seems like its all them and their group n fuck everyone else...they are despicable and disgusting in their hypocrasy

[Horse with no Name]

4. A fool and his money...

:rofl:

[Turbineguy]

5. Good

Let's hope they soon find another rathole to throw their money down.

[armyowalgreens]

6. And during all of this who are really getting screwed? The people.

Thanks Coleman for screwing over the people of Minnesota. I'm sure they don't really care THAT much about being represented in Congress. :sarcasm:

[JI7]

7. let them use up their money on a loser candidate who has no chance at winning

at most they can try to prevent Franken from taking his seat. but this will just make people more angry at the Republicans in that state and even Pawlenty at the top of the ticket wont be able to carry Minnesota.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. I hope that last part proves to be prophecy. nt

[MrScorpio]

9. Sounds like a great waste of money to me

Coleman's a fucking LOSER

[riverdeep]

10. It's an excellent use of their money, from the pub POV.

They know very well he has no chance of ultimately being seated. What they are paying for is time. The more they delay that 60th vote, the more legislation they can block. And Harry Reid, the former boxer turned punching bag, doesn't have the tactical awareness or clout to do a run-around. During this time, they can block all sorts of legislation that keeps the money where it belongs, in the hands of the elite.