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Posted in Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Recount on Nov 19th, 2008
The historic recount in the U.S. Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman is under way in St. Paul, and officials at the 100 recount sites are taking the process seriously: In Stearns County, the opening of a sealed box of ballots was shown live on the St. Cloud Times’ web site.
Meanwhile at our [...]
Posted in Al Franken, Norm Coleman on Nov 17th, 2008
I have a modest proposal for resolving whether Norm Coleman or Al Franken should represent our fair state in the U.S. Senate for the next six years — a coin toss. Let me explain.
First of all, all of this back and forth about the relevance of the DFL ties of Secretary of State Mark [...]
Posted in Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Recount on Nov 10th, 2008
As has been reported elsewhere, the recount of the Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken is only the second recount of statewide election results in Minnesota since the 1962 gubernatorial race. The other recount was, of course, just a couple of months ago — and that came in a judicial election.
As loyal readers [...]
Posted in Norm Coleman on Jun 2nd, 2008
Senator Norm Coleman’s speech accepting the GOP’s nomination last Friday contained quotes from and allusions to the usual politician’s lineup of historical heroes, including Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln (twice!) and Benjamin Franklin. There was even a reference to an unconventional hero or two, such as Julius Irving (“Dr. J”). However, one named kept coming more [...]
Posted in Al Franken, Norm Coleman on Apr 30th, 2008
At what point and under what terms is a public official entitled to express an opinion about a political matter unrelated to his office? That’s the issue in a minor dust-up between Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and former federal prosecutors Tom Heffelfinger and Doug Kelley.
Freeman remarked in a newspaper interview last Saturday that the [...]
Posted in Al Franken, Norm Coleman on Mar 12th, 2008
Lost this week in the hubbub over the retirement of Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Russell Anderson and the ongoing hassle at the Attorney General’s office was the news that Mike Ciresi was dropping out of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
Actually, the way the Ciresi story got buried was a bit symbolic of his campaign [...]
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