The next reveloution.

Wow!! I'd love to know the make up of that MN State Supreme Court. Talk about a stolen election. Every ruling by the MN Election Board and now the State Supreme Court has gone against Colemen, who by the way was leading the day after the election!!!!

Who in their right mind would vote for a fool like Franken????!!!!!

When the dems steal an election they do not leave anything to chance. Every election more and more normal folk wake up and smell the corruption. Eventually they will demand an end to the cheating and some prominent dems will end up in jail and a recount will mean more than a scheme to steal elections consisting of a predetermined plan. The plan involves a pot of votes to 'discover', legal strategies to insure those new 'votes' are legally allowed, and schemes designed to limit the votes that the republican might need, like military absentees.

The dem will be seated, exactly as I prognosticated the day the word 'recount' was spoken. It was preordained. Recount always means, the dem wins.

@ JIMV: you state "Recount always means, the dem wins".
Excuse me? How do you come up with that conclusion??? Have you forgotten Florida 2000 and the Supremes? Who benefitted from the recount then? Our dear departing president W.
History is there to be remembered not to be twisted as it is convenient. T

"Every ruling by the MN Election Board and now the State Supreme Court has gone against Colemen, who by the way was leading the day after the election!!!!"

the rulings came out against the repub. so the election must be stolen? the rulings are only correct if there's a fair balance of decisions in favor of franken and coleman, which, in and of itself, is an illogical proposition? that coleman was leading the day after the election means nothing when there's mandatory recount procedures in place. all that matters is the final tally, and that the declared winner has since changed doesn't mean the election was stolen. is it really that surprising that, assuming perfect recount procedures, the originally declared winner might not actually be the winners seeing as the election night difference was some 200 votes out of a few million cast votes?

now, franken certainly seemed to pick and choose which ballots he wanted counted and those he wanted rejected. but, coleman was no less guilty of this. a broken system? yes. but, that's what you get when the "wonderfully vague" (sarcasm) MN law holds that the voter's intent is the end all, be all. both candidates played the game, and franken won. the true issue is with the MN lawmakers, not with franken. when you set subjective standards, you can't complain when subjective decisions are made.

"The dem will be seated, exactly as I prognosticated the day the word 'recount' was spoken. It was preordained. Recount always means, the dem wins."

you might want to check your history on this one. i've seen many recounts that have resulted in the repub. winning, the 2000 presidential race being one we should all remember. in any case, i've seen quite a few where the dem. was the originally announced winner, only the have the recount come out in favor of the repub. so, it's either both parties are guilty of "stealing elections," in which case the pot is only calling the kettle black, or neither party is stealing elections, and the losing party only thinks the other is because they didn't win. i wouldn't be surprised if reality is somewhere in the middle, but don't act as if it is a uniquely Democratic issue.

"Every ruling by the MN Election Board and now the State Supreme Court has gone against Colemen, who by the way was leading the day after the election!!!!"

the rulings came out against the repub. so the election must be stolen? the rulings are only correct if there's a fair balance of decisions in favor of franken and coleman, which, in and of itself, is an illogical proposition? that coleman was leading the day after the election means nothing when there's mandatory recount procedures in place. all that matters is the final tally, and that the declared winner has since changed doesn't mean the election was stolen. is it really that surprising that, assuming perfect recount procedures, the originally declared winner might not actually be the winners seeing as the election night difference was some 200 votes out of a few million cast votes?

now, franken certainly seemed to pick and choose which ballots he wanted counted and those he wanted rejected. but, coleman was no less guilty of this. a broken system? yes. but, that's what you get when the "wonderfully vague" (sarcasm) MN law holds that the voter's intent is the end all, be all. both candidates played the game, and franken won. the true issue is with the MN lawmakers, not with franken. when you set subjective standards, you can't complain when subjective decisions are made.

"The dem will be seated, exactly as I prognosticated the day the word 'recount' was spoken. It was preordained. Recount always means, the dem wins."

you might want to check your history on this one. i've seen many recounts that have resulted in the repub. winning, the 2000 presidential race being one we should all remember. in any case, i've seen quite a few where the dem. was the originally announced winner, only the have the recount come out in favor of the repub. so, it's either both parties are guilty of "stealing elections," in which case the pot is only calling the kettle black, or neither party is stealing elections, and the losing party only thinks the other is because they didn't win. i wouldn't be surprised if reality is somewhere in the middle, but don't act as if it is a uniquely Democratic issue.

This election was NOT stolen. Norm Coleman has known that he narrowly lost that election since election day itself. Those 650 ballots he's making so much noise about HAVE BEEN COUNTED, but rejected as invalid. Coleman already knows that if the ballots had been counted, he still does not have the votes to win the election. Nonetheless, he agreed to the rules, which are that local officials and both campaigns must agree to included disputed ballots. The local election officials (in Comeman-leaning precincts) rejected the ballots as invalid.

End of the story. Right? Coleman should be a man and concede. Right? Well, not so much. This isn't about Coleman and hasn't been for some time. The shots are being called from Washington. The point of his ridiculous lawsuit (which he will most assuredly lose) is that it will take time to litigate - months perhaps - and the outcome is unimportant. During this time, Franken's Senate seat will remain empty and the Democrat's strength diminished. We will see filibuster after filibuster, as GOP attempts to block President Obama's policy initiatives and the Democrats legislative agenda. What we are witnessing (in addition to Minnesota's ridiculous election system) is a last desperate attempt by the GOP to thwart the Democrats. Somehow, they stupidly believe that such childish tactics will help them win seats in 2010.

My hat's off to the Minnesota Supreme Court for keeping out of this fray. They understand that the Court must never become embroiled in an election dispute unless there is a point at law to decide.

I hope this comment section continues to be populated by halfwit wingnuts like "Stanowicz", who's such a loyal Coleman supporter, he can't even spell the candidate's name.

The value of his comment is that it should remind us (well, those of us who have functioning brains) that about 20% of the people are going to vote "against" reason and decency every time. So you have to remember that those people are out there, and that they will always try, basically, just to sow chaos.

The MN recount was as far from "stolen" as it's possible to be. How many recounts are conducted on TV? With literally thousands of contested ballots online? Over 80% of the RANDOM PEOPLE who viewed those ballots agreed with every decision the Canvassing Board made - and of course, we have to allow for a % of nutcases online.

Coleman objected to counting wrongly rejected absentee ballots (5th pile ballots) until it was clear he needed them. Franken wasn't that far behind after the recheck of totals. He was 49 up after a totally normal recount that just happened to be televised.

Coleman had a right to change his mind and allow those ballots to be counted. He knew that statistically they were unlikely to help him, and they didn't. He was allowed to change tactics at every turn. At the end, there weren't any tactics left.

So stick that in your eye, "Stanowicz". My opinion is that to the extent amphibians like you can be identified, you should have your taxes raised.

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"Wow!! I'd love to know the make up of that MN State Supreme Court. Talk about a stolen election. Every ruling by the MN Election Board and now the State Supreme Court has gone against Colemen, who by the way was leading the day after the election!!!!"

The Canvasing board is made up of Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie(elected), Republican Chief Justice of the MN Supreme Court Eric Magnuson (Appointed by Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty), Republican MN Supreme Court Justice G. Barry Anderson (Appointed by Pawlenty), Independent 2nd Judicial District Chief Judge Kathleen Geerin (elected), and Independent 2nd Judicial District Assistant Chief Judge Edward J. Cleary (Appointed by Independent Governor Jesse Ventura). That is 2 Republicans, 2 Independents, and 1 Democrat.

The Supreme Court is made up of Republicans Magnuson and G.B. Anderson (who have recused themselves in the decisions since they sit on the Canvassing board), Republican Lori Gildea (Appointed by Pawlenty), Republican Christopher Dietzen (Appointed by Pawlenty), Independent Helen Meyer (Appointed by Ventura), Independent Paul Anderson (elected), and Democrat Alan Page (elected). That is 2 Republicans sitting out, 2 more Republicans, 2 Independents, and 1 Democrat.

It should also be noted that most decisions on both bodies were made unanimously.

This election was not stolen. Coleman lost most of his challenges at the Canvassing Board and MN Supreme Court because they had no merit (For example, wanting to count 650 absentee ballots that had been rejected originally, reviewed, and again rejected as not meeting legal criteria for inclusion by local election officials in Republican counties).

Its time to seat Senator Franken.