Norm Coleman, drama queen

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from the Twin Cities Pioneer Press:



Coleman concerned about tally change, requests materials
By Jason Hoppin
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Article Last Updated: 11/07/2008 02:48:36 PM CST


Sen. Norm Coleman has raised the first red flags about the anticipated recount in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate race, filing a Minnesota Data Practices Act request for materials related to ballot security and revisions that have taken place since Election Day.

Coleman and challenger Al Franken stand just 239 votes apart after 2.9 million votes were cast. That gap was more than 700 on the morning after the election.

"Minnesota has a history of fair and clean elections, and we are committed to ensuring that this election is no different," Coleman campaign manager Cullan Sheehan said in a statement. "That is why it is so troubling to us that instead of the normal slight changes in vote totals one would expect during this process, we are now seeing huge chunks of votes appearing and disappearing - statistically dubious and improbable shifts that are overwhelmingly accruing to the benefit of Al Franken."

Elections officials say the revision are due to verification of preliminary, unofficial vote totals. Coleman has lost dozens of votes, while Franken has gained more than 400.

Franken gained exactly 100 votes in both Pine and St. Louis counties. Elections officials in those counties said the first reported results were incorrect. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_10927290?nclick_check=1

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1. "Cry Baby Coleman"

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2. The gap is now down to 221

as per the latest update from the Minnesota Secretary of State. Norm knows that a fair recount is the end for him. He and his lawyers will fight this every step of the way.

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3. Nah, Norm will be okay

He'll walk out of the Senate and right into some paid make-work "job" with the American Enterprise Institute or some other right wing welfare outfit. His staff, however, has to be shitting bricks about the prospect of jumping into an ultra-competitive job market, where hundreds of suddenly out-of-work Republican aides are acting out their best Lord of the Flies scenario.

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4. Of all the people to go up against, he must be PISSED it's Franken

the guy has spent the past eight years explaining to people how FUCKED the 2000 election was. If anyone knows how to contest a faulty result, it's Al goddamn Franken, people!

And people were saying he wasn't the right candidate... hah