Should Coleman Concede? Steele Says, "Hell No"
Embattled RNC Chair Michael Steele let his 100th day at the GOP helm slip by with little fanfare amid last weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner festivites. But in an interview after the gala, Steele said that if the state Supreme Court doesn't rule ex-Sen. Norm Coleman the winner, "then it's going to the federal courts."
Asked if Coleman should concede if entertainer Al Franken (D) is deemed the winner, Steele said, "No, hell no. Whatever the outcome, it's going to get bumped to the next level. This does not end until there's a final ruling that speaks to whether or not those votes that have not been counted should be counted. And Norm Coleman will not, will not jump out of this race before that."
While Steele had a clear feeling about the MN contest, he said that he had "no personal view" on the GOP contenders in the PA Senate race, which remains in flux following Sen. Arlen Specter's (D-PA) departure 4/28 from the party. On whether the GOP will endorse the current frontrunner, ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (R), Steele said, "Well, that's up to the local party."
Steele called Toomey a "strong candidate" who was "clearly strong the last time he ran" against Specter in '04. "I think the party is going to be prepared to run hard with him if he is the nominee," he said.
But Steele added, "It's not about what I think personally. It's about, number one, what the chairman of the [state] party and the party officials want to do. Number two, if there is a legitimate primary, then Pat Toomey will go through that primary like every other candidate will. And number three, we will support whoever the nominee of the Republican Party is for the Senate seat for Pennsylvania at the appropriate time."
Steele said that he had not talked with PA GOP Chair Rob Gleason at "any great length since Specter stepped down."
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Do these fools have any notion how stupid they ARE not just appear. They might get the idea when they have about 20 senate seats and 114 in the house.
And the way its going it will happen within two or three more election cycldes. Of course, by then, they may take on a new pary name, say WHIG.
MIKE...your are not only a stupid LIAR but a
lousy excuse for a RNC leader...GIVE UP...stop
the nonsense with SORE LOSER COLEMAN...
YOu are an embarrassment to not only the RNC
but the USA.
gore did the wrong thing let coleman do the right thing
I wished someone would ask Steele if he thought it was a mistake to openely speak to trying to defeat Spector on FOX News after Spector voted for the Stimulus package.
I think Coleman is carrying this too far too but I have to admit I'm happy **AL FRANKEN** hasn't been allowed in our senate yet. MN should lose all of their seats for voting that guy in!!
and these people were in power for eight years and still think America loves them. People, you can no longer hear the band and there are peanut shells everywhere - the parade of elephants have passed, it's only the occasional clown we hear now.
When Gore was in the same position as Coleman back in 2000, all the conservatives were crying for him to' do the right thing' and NOT take it to the Supreme Court. Now that the shoe is on the other foot...
This idiot should accept reality and concede....just another repug
nutcase
I agree with Steele. Why not go to the Supreme Court? After all, the Republicans have figured out that that is the way to "win" elections.
Anyone recall Normy telling Franken he should concede when the numbers were in his favor?
Shouldn't he take his own advice and quit embarrassing himself?
Of course he shouldn't.....bringing shame upon onseself is the GOP way these days!
@seesaw73, yeah screw you two. Heaven forbid someone somewhere should elect someone you dislike. What State you from? I'd wager I could make an argument your entire delegation should be unseated based on how someone from that State acts.
Oh, and perhaps adding some '!!', or **** will make my point better?
Coleman is as out of touch as the rest of the GOP.
This is a mean spirited sore loser attempt to block Franken from taking office and making a difference.
It's the usual death by stupidity the GOP insists on inflicting to themselves. This kind of behavior speaks for itself.
Obstruction. Desperation. Coleman give it up.
The Republicans don't care about Norm Coleman. If they did they would have told Norm to fold his tent long before now. The Mission is to keep Franken tied-up il litigation for as long as Coleman can find another venue to tell him: "You Lost. Franken won. Issue the Certificate to Franken." It's NOT a Federal Case. It's a State Case. It comes to a close after the Minnesota Supreme Court's Decision. There's no guarantee that they will. They might just affirm the Lower Court and issue a Summary Judgment.
Looking over the miserable excuse for a Case presented in Court that Coleman brings for having their Decision Reversed is both disgusting and comical. Disgusting because he brought-in several witnesses to lie for him. Comical because they all got caught. If the Minn Supreme Court will let Coleman try his Case, it should be good theater. The last time was two thumbs down.
What he proved in court was that they were wasting time so that the GOP didn't have a Democrat voting for Minnesota. That's it. Bad Faith. Two-bits says the MSC don't let him delay Franken going to the Senate by hearing a sore loser.
The Republicans are irrelevant. They know it. We know it. They have no ideas, no concept of what they stand for (except themselves), and are not only despised nationally, but globally as well. DICK Cheney and George Bush don't even speak anymore. See what happens when you try to nail yourself to the Jesus cross while wrapping yourself in the flag at the same time?
Well,what more can anyone expect??..The Party of NO!no!NO! Always in denial,the rethugs need some
mental overhaul.
The liberals cannot see that after the election and first few recounts Coleman was ahead and that locally elected democratic commissions and activist "judges" disqualified Coleman votes? They just kept recounting until they could seat Franken and there is no shame by the democrats on this? Its a total abomination of the election system.
Not to mention that Al Franken has no experience and is absolutely unqualified for this position. Its Frankens best joke. For Democrats to act pompous about this shows just how ridiculously ignorant they are. Any election that comes down to so few votes needs to be fully vetted and their inability to grasp that is indicative to their "fairness" doctrine.
I am still staggering over the bill they signed without reading a single page! Where is the outrage that an entire democratic body would vote in a bill without reading it? Well, its the same with this election. They do not want to read the votes nor count them per se, they just want to manipulate the process.
The party that supported segregation and slavery has become salves to their own devices. They now have enough rope to hang themselves.
Look at the elections since Lincoln. Every once and a while Democrats win....and the win serves as a spanking for the Republicans. The check and balance works. But the democrats never ever sustain power because historically they are the party of no ideas, near sighted and tax and spend with no IQ whatsoever for managing the military.
They still have not figured out that the CIA, FBI, and Military cannot stand OBAMA.
The best thing Republicans can do is let the DEMS to their own devices.
With leadership like Pelosi whop presides over the most unpopular congress in US history (while the majority was democrats and at 9% approval last year) Republicans need not fret. They cannot succeed because they do not know how to succeed.
They exist solely for checks and balances. Somehow they got the idea that this means they can write checks and manage balances.
They will refer to the Clinton economy but fail to realize or mention that when he went out, the unregulated Internet collapsed (you know, the Internet that Gore invented! hahah) and bankrupted 1/2 of the nations retirement funds.
Bush came in and had a bankrupt military, totally screwed economy and then we all watched as the American Housing Act Clinton implemented bankrupted the nations banks as they were forced to issue bad loans. Fannie and Freddie were all democrats all day. Sub Panel investigations are already underway and Dodd and Franks will be likely for jail.
How about Eric Holder! Now he has to investigate himself for allowing torture while under Clinton. You just cannot make this poop up! Peolosi too. What a fraud.
My fellow Republicans. The 2010 election will see a historic landslide of seats to the right and AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST 150 YEARS establish long term long running republican rule in the white house, senate and congress.
Sit back and let Pelosi, Franken, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Harry "The war in Iraq is lost" Reid and a community organizer who has never held a job secure it.
The damage in the near term is worth it my friends. These people have no sole, no brains and no chance of staying in power. That is unless of course you do not believe in our current US patterns of history.
socialism,
Give me one instance where you have real proof (not some made up figment of your and other wingnut imaginations) where the CIA, FBI or the Military can not stand Obama. Just one, 1, uno. Come on, where the hell is your proof?
Lets just say I just returned from IRAQ, am a contractor/vendor for the military/govt. and have a good lay of the land, or perhaps you'd like me to cite my name and all my sources, MORON. Why don't you try common sense, oh that's rite...you will as soon as you finish reading the stimulus bill which your partys common sense dictated did not need to be read, just approved.
I still recall Obamas campaign pledge: "I will read it line by line".
You are a brick in the wall. Go away.
I rarely comment on blogs but yours I had to stop and say Great Blog!!
Hey thanks! I write on the fly from my heart and I RARELY write to blogs myself. It takes one like this to provoke what I consider to be objective and dare I say "corrective" information as a rebuttal.
Hey Donny Boy
( as per above don | May 12, 2009 9:19 PM )
I just watched Nancy Pelosi accuse the CIA of lying.
This really corroborates my statement above:
"They still have not figured out that the CIA, FBI, and Military cannot stand OBAMA."
So there you go Donny Boy.
Now the CIA will declare war on Pelosi. Man, you can't make this stuff up. But its nice when I say it in advance then I get a press event like today.
Not only has this administration cemented the divide between Democrats and Republicans for 4 years but in less then 125 days they have engaged in a public war with the CIA.
Every time Pelosi or Biden opens their mouth Obama winces.
I give Pelosi 3-6 months before she is replaced.
And why not? The democrat talent pool is Soooo deep with talent.
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