Tell the fat lady to start warming up!

Keli wrote:

ziggy wrote:

Keli wrote:

Keli, what evidence is there that Stalin ever said any such thing?

It's not like he ever had to conduct an open election, or stand to be elected to anything, etc.

It's just another urban legend parroted by and for weak minded followers of other weak minded followers.

Aaron wrote:Not even close BMD. There are still 1500 absentee ballots that haven't been counted that Coleman will challenge in court.

Aaron wrote:The canvassing board my certify Fruiten the winner but there will be an objection before he can ever be sworn in and democrats don't have enough votes to bring it to the floor for a full vote as to whether to seat Fruiten or not, thus neither will be seated until this is resovled in court.

Keli wrote:“The beginning of the end of the Republic.

If a clown why not a horse ?”

Didn’t the Romans start electing sheep for office at the end?

bmd wrote:

Keli wrote:“The beginning of the end of the Republic.

If a clown why not a horse ?”

Didn’t the Romans start electing sheep for office at the end?

I've heard a few sore loser rants in my day, but that one has to be one of the silliest.

With a Democrat now in charge of the offices, which oversee and administer their state’s elections, the party is better positioned than in the previous elections to advance traditional Democratic interests —such as increasing voter registration and boosting turnout — rather than Republican priorities such as stamping out voter fraud.

Natalie Tennant won the Democratic primary on May 13, despite being outspent 6 to 1 by her competitor. She is now fighting for the seat currently occupied by Betty Ireland, a partisan Republican who is currently working hard to oppose Election Day Registration.

Minn. board expected to announce Al Franken winner
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press Writer Amy Forliti, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 5, 7:21 am ET
MINNEAPOLIS – The state Canvassing Board was poised to certify the results of the recount in Minnesota's grueling Senate election in Al Franken's favor — but that doesn't mean the race is definitely over.

The board was to meet Monday and was expected to declare which candidate received the most overall votes from nearly 3 million ballots cast. The latest numbers showed Franken, a Democrat, with a 225-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, who led Franken on election night.

But after the announcement, there will be a seven-day waiting period before an election certificate is completed. If any lawsuits are filed during that waiting period, certification is conditional until the issue is settled in court.

Lawyers for both campaigns have laid the groundwork for lawsuits through public comments and legal maneuvering. In recent weeks, as Franken clung to a small lead, Coleman's lawyers promised a lawsuit over their claim that some ballots duplicated on election night wound up being counted twice in the recount.

The Coleman campaign also has a petition pending before the state Supreme Court to include 650 ballots that it says were improperly rejected but not forwarded by local officials to St. Paul for counting.

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Aaron wrote:Is it not within Coleman's right to challenge the canvassing boards decision to omit 650 absentee ballots from highly Republican counties with the vote deficit of less then 250?

Aaron wrote:Why the rush to judgment? Why not let the legal system play out as it should?

Aaron wrote:What are you two so SCARED of?

Aaron wrote:Somehow I think if the tables were turned, both of you would be singing a far different tune.

sodbuster wrote:Well I think the one with the most votes on swearing in day should be seated.

If it is overturned later, let the new winner take over.

Otherwise Minnesota is not represented.