Norm Coleman

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. Al Franken held a press con- ference Monday night to address the ruling by a three-judge panel that he defeated Norm Coleman. (Getty Images) 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 ... 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 majority of the 400 ballots to overcome Franken's lead and be re-seated in the Senate. Those 400 ballots (not all of which ... 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 foot so to speak, the Republicans - and the corporate media - would be screaming ... 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, to fundraise from them — as opposed to later engaging them in quality activism). This sullys the online activism process for the rest ... 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 Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), to launch the "Dollar a Day to Make ... Read Full Story