Democrats Misstep, My Prediction Becomes Reality PDF Print E-mail
Written by Gary Gross   
Thursday, 08 January 2009 03:52

The day Harry Reid said that they wouldn't seat Rolad Burris to replace President-Elect Obama in the Senate, I predicted that the political fallout would be so high that they couldn't carry it out very long without paying a steep political price for it. Charles Babington says it best in this AP article:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats who thought they could push away Roland Burris misjudged the racial fallout, underestimated public reaction and wound up on shaky legal ground.

The blunders began when the Democrats, including President-elect Barack Obama, insisted they would not seat Burris as the Senate's only black member because the appointment came from a governor accused of trying to sell Obama' former seat. On Wednesday, they all but admitted being outflanked by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, praising Burris and suggesting he soon will be a senator.
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Minnesota Recount: Coleman Files Election Contest PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ed Morrissey   
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 15:57

No surprise here.  We knew both candidates had prepared election challenges to the Minnesota Senate race result, depending on which candidate won in the final recount tally.  Coleman may have some grounds for review, but it’s a long shot at best:
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Minnesota Meltdown PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chad The Elder   
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 15:52
The fallout from Franken's apparent victory continues as Ed Anger calls on his readers to BOYCOTT COMMIE-SOTA:

I'm madder than Jesse Ventura with a busted microphone about that idiot Al Franken. It's bad enough America picked a commie President with a crazy name, but now Minnesota went and made some potty mouth "comedian" a senator.
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Overtime in the Minnesota Senate Election PDF Print E-mail
Written by Scott Johnson   
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 08:27

The media coverage of the events related to Minnesota's Senate election and subsequent recount has been so poor that it is difficult to determine what happened. The erosion of Senator Coleman's approximately 700 vote lead over Al Franken on November 5 to the emergence of Al Franken with a 225 vote lead over Senator Coleman on January 5 has given rise to implications that Democrats have stolen the election for Franken.

The Wall Street Journal editorial "Funny business in Minnesota" is representative of this strain of commentary on the canvas and recount. This commentary comes with the underlying theme that Senator Coleman is a victim of Democratic scheming.
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Bad Leaders: Minnesota's Senate Recount Embarassment PDF Print E-mail
Written by Drew Emmer   
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 08:17
Al Franken calls a press conference [Monday] and declares himself the next Senator from Minnesota, stating "I now work for you". Then he refuses to answer any questions from his new employer.

Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity broadcast worldwide that their independent investigations reveal that in 25 Minnesota precincts more people allegedly voted than registered in those precincts. Read that again slowly. MORE PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY VOTED THAN REGISTERED? If this is true and SOS Mark Ritchie certified the election results then we have a serious problem along the lines of "you lie and I'll swear to it."
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