Just moments ago, former Sen. Norm Coleman stepped outside his St. Paul home and announced he wouldn’t pursue any more legal challenges to the election of Democrat Al Franken to the US Senate. "I congratulate Al Franken on his victory in this election," Coleman said. (The full text of his prepared remarks is below the [...]
Lots of buzz this morning over Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Sunday appearance on CNN, which seemed to suggest he’ll sign Al Franken’s US Senate election certificate if the Minnesota Supreme Court directs him to do so. Pawlenty had said as much before–most memorably at his June 2 presser announcing he would not run for governor in [...]
PIM’s Sarah Janecek keeps hearing that Team Coleman is still of a full-speed-ahead mindset on its legal fight, but the public signs continue to suggest that’s seriously in doubt. There was Coleman rep Tom Erickson’s thoroughly noncommital comment earlier this week, and as the Hotline blog is reporting, Norm Coleman’s former Senate colleagues seem to [...]
Today at Politico, reporter Manu Raju takes up the Norm Coleman will-he-or-won’t-he question prompted by last week’s report in Roll Call [previous PIM item] that the former senator would likely concede defeat in his re-election battle if he loses at the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Politico quotes Republican sources both named (state GOP chair Ron Carey) and [...]
This afternoon Roll Call is reporting–and hey, guys, way to bury a lede–that former Sen. Norm Coleman will drop his re-election court fight if the Minnesota Supreme Court doesn’t rule in his side’s favor. Here’s the nut graf, my emphasis added:
Sources close to Coleman say the former Senator would likely give up his legal battle [...]
Friday’s Star Tribune brought word of another potential setback for Minnesota’s most famous furloughed worker. But for the first time in months, the news did not concern former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s legal fight to regain his U.S. Senate seat.
Paul McEnroe and Tony Kennedy of the Strib, who spent a lot of time last year [...]
Friday’s Star Tribune brought word of another potential setback for Minnesota’s most famous furloughed worker. But for the first time in months, the news did not concern former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s legal fight to regain his U.S. Senate seat.
Paul McEnroe and Tony Kennedy of the Strib, who spent a lot of time last year [...]
