The Minnesota Senate Race Is Over — Coleman Has Conceded Defeat To Franken – TPMDC (6/30/09):
In a press conference just now, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) has conceded defeat to the Democratic comedian Franken in the 2008 Senate race — nearly eight months after Election Day, and six months after the seat went vacant when [...]
First, Norm Coleman raised money for his 2008 Senate campaign. Then, Norm Coleman raised money for the hopeless but nevertheless unending legal battle over the result of the 2008 Senate campaign.
Now, it looks like Norm Coleman will need to raise money for another legal battle. But with the allegations that [...]
I’m used to sloppy writing on TPM, and lots of typos, but whoever is responsible for the headlines in the right column of TPM’s home page has really outdone himself today.
The headline Even More Uncounted Ballots In Minnesota? links to a TPM Election Central post about the rejected absentee ballots that have been known and [...]
As the recount battle between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota’s Senate seat drags on, it is far from clear how the outcome will finally be resolved. And by that I don’t mean who will win, Coleman or Franken; I mean, what mechanism will end up determining the outcome.
For a while now, it [...]
Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss held a campaign rally in Perry, GA yesterday at which supporters held up signs reading “Vets for Saxby”. The signs were produced by the campaign, and handed out at the event.
His Democratic challenger Jim Martin held a rally in Atlanta. No reports of “Vets for Martin” signs, but Iraq [...]
If you live in the People’s Republic of California, make sure to vote hell no on Prop 8 (and Prop 4) on Tuesday.
“The older you do get, the more rules they gon’ try to get you to follow. You gotta just keep livin’. L-I-V-I-N!”
Sen. Elizabeth Dole is paying the ultimate homage to the leader of her party, Sen. John McCain. She has apparently decided to walk hand in hand with McCain, by wholeheartedly embracing his guttersnipe campaign tactics. That way McCain won’t be the only Republican to lose the election as well as every last shred [...]
For seven long years, Republicans in Congress have resolutely supported George Bush in pretty much everything that he said and did, as he systematically ground this country (and everything it used to stand for) into the dust.
Now, when it’s time to face the voters, suddenly they think they can get away with taking the fifth?
In [...]
This should be interesting. The FEC is back to full strength again, albeit without Republican Chairman David Mason, who annoyed George Bush by trying to hold John McCain to FEC rules. This resulted in Bush abruptly withdrawing Mason’s nomination for another term.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for the Federal Election Commission, [...]
When the McCain campaign is involved, and when it would be illegal for it to be a fundraiser. Then it becomes some kind of non-campaign finance event, presumably before blossoming into a full-fledged non-campaign non-finance event. It may be a while, though, before they can turn it into a non-event.
St. John gave [...]
