>So I'm sure you've all forgotten that Norm Coleman (R) has been >contesting the November 2008 MN Senate election that Al Franken >narrowly won. > >Breaking Republican rhetoric from 2000, Norm has been pursuing appeal >after appeal but the final day in court looks to be April 7th with a >little slop as I'm sure it'll go to the MN Supreme Court from there. >(These are all Repubulican appointed courts and boards that Norm is >losing on btw) > >So, assuming Norm loses, I'm curious to see if The Republicans will >complete their destiny by once again pissing on The Constitution. > >Article 1, Section 5 says that, "Each House shall be the Judge of the >Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members ..." > >The Dems in the Senate have been patient and will wait for the MN >Supreme Court to rule, but then I'm sure they'll move to seat Franken >no matter what the MN gov and SecState say. > >Will the Republicans fight it? Will they argue that The Constitution >doesn't apply? Will they stomp on State's rights? > >Stay Tuned!
I'm sure they will have plenty of other opportunities, starting with this congressional election yesterday: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/ny.house.race/index.html?iref=newssearch New York House race undecided * Story Highlights * Official: "No one has claimed victory" for New York's 20th Congressional District seat * Democrat Scott Murphy leads by 65 votes in special election * Race will fill former House seat of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand * Gillibrand appointed to Senate to fill Hillary Clinton's seat >From Cheryl Robinson CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- Tuesday's special election to fill the vacant House of Representatives seat of Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in upstate New York has resulted in a dead heat. With all precincts in the 20th Congressional District reporting, Democrat Scott Murphy led his Republican rival, state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, by 65 votes. Murphy had 77,344 votes, and Tedisco had 77,279. It could take up to two weeks for a winner to be announced. "No one has claimed victory," said John Conklin, director of information for the New York State Board of Elections. Remaining are 10,000 absentee ballots to be counted; 6,000 have been sent back to the board. Conklin said the local absentee ballots have until next Tuesday to be sent in, and military or overseas ballots have until April 13 to be returned. Republicans filed a lawsuit to have all the absentee ballots impounded, Conklin said late Tuesday. Murphy, 39, a millionaire venture capitalist and Missouri native, has lived in New York for 10 years. His campaign Web site touts his experience of "saving, and creating jobs, growing small business and finding new ways to tackle old problems." Tedisco, 58, is the GOP minority leader in the New York State Assembly. He was voted into the Assembly 27 years ago and represents Schenectady and Saratoga counties. Gillibrand gave up her House seat to fill the Senate vacancy created when Hillary Clinton stepped down to become secretary of state. All AboutKirsten Gillibrand ⢠Upstate New York Links referenced within this article Gillibrand http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Kirsten_Gillibrand Kirsten Gillibrand http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Kirsten_Gillibrand Upstate New York http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Upstate_New_York Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/ny.house.race/index.html?iref=newssearch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293501 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
