Norm Coleman, left; and Al Franken. (Getty Images) Norm Coleman 's senatorial campaign was dealt a hard blow Monday night. A three-judge panel ruled that he lost his senate election to Democratic challenger Al Franken by a margin of 312 votes. The election's results have been in contention since November with a prolonged court battle over which ballots should and shouldn't be allowed. But with the ruling, Norm is seeing his shot at retaining his senate seat diminish greatly with both sides...Read Full Story
Court proceedings between Norm Coleman (left) and Al Franken (right) have left Minnesota with only one senator for the last two months. (Getty Images) A court ruling brought the never-ending Minnesota saga of Norm vs. Al one step closer to an ending Tuesday afternoon. A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 of nearly 1,000 absentee ballots would be counted in an election that currently has Democrat Al Franken leading by 225 votes. That means Norm Coleman would have to receive an overwhelming...Read Full Story
Good Morning Papamoka Readers! So, it's official, a Minnesota court unanimously ruled in Al Franken's favor late yesterday. He should now be Senator Al Franken ! He is now the official victor in the November election. Of course, that means that Norm Coleman should concede, right? Well, of course, it seems they don't plan to. They have decided to continue down their path of being the worst SORE LOSERS in modern history! Every one on my side of the aisle knows that if the shoe were on the other...Read Full Story
My friend Adam Green recently called out the DSCC for a lackluster petition about Norm Coeman’s never-ending fight to keep the rightful winner of that Minnesota Senate election, Al Franken, from being seated in the Senate:
Every activist email must have a plausible “theory of change.” People should see some concrete theory about why taking action could lead to a desired result.
But some people choose to inflame people’s passions just to get their email addresses (and, more likely than not...Read Full Story
By now you've read or heard that despite Al Franken winning the court case , the GOP intends to keep him out of the Senate. The folks at Democracy for America and MoveOn came up with a great idea, and some of you will already have read the note from Charles Chamberlain, the Political Director of Democracy for America: DC Republicans have plenty of incentive to keep Al Franken from being seated. So DFA found a way to flip the incentive . They're teaming up with a brand new partner, the...Read Full Story
Conservatives are pushing back against former senator and Romney campaign surrogate Norm Coleman (R-MN) for claiming that a Republican president won’t be able to repeal the Affordable Care Act and are pressing the former Massachusetts governor to distance himself from Coleman’s assessment. This morning, the Wall Street Journal weighed in, describing Coleman as a counselor [...]
MIAMI, Florida — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been one of the most influential figures in immigration policy over the past few years, authoring the infamous anti-immigration laws passed in Arizona, Alabama, and South Carolina. This has made him highly controversial, but GOP front-runnner Mitt Romney touted Kobach’s endorsement. “With Kris on the [...]
Norm Coleman (born Aug. 17, 1949) is a Republican politician currently running for reelection to the U.S. Senate in Minnesota against Democratic challenger Al Franken.
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Norm has been a strong supporter of Bush and the NEOCONS in almost everything including their war on the middle class which is going very ⦠read more well. Taking bribes to support the war profiteers is show a real lack of morals if you ask me ...
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Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr. (born August 17, 1949) has served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2003, serving in the 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses.