[JennyD]

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Wow, even though that last remaining 100 votes couldn't help him win, since 100 is less than 312, Coleman is pushing to make sure every last Christian's voice is heard!

Praise!

[Wash O'Hanley]

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I know for a fact that Democrat thugs were keeping white Republican voters from entering polling places in Lake Wobegon.

[SayvedByTheLord]

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Plus all the threatening phone calls they made to poor defenseless republicans.

Don't those Demoncrats know that republicans are patriots ?

[Bobby-Joe]

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Why don't the Democrats tear up the constitutions and be done with? What part of "loser" doesn't Franklin understand? He don't win by a clear majority, so clearly Franklin lost.

[JennyD]

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I know for a fact that Democrat thugs were keeping white Republican voters from entering polling places in Lake Wobegon.

I bet it was that Garrison Keillor, and his prairie homo companions!

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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Just what we need, a Frankensenator.

Is it Halloween already?

[Nobar King]

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The news is in! JOO comedian steals Minnesota election!

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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THIS is a sad day for Democracy, when a joo comedian/pornographer is allowed to steal an election like that.

Another example of why we need Rush Limbaugh to run the GOP.

GOP's Coleman concedes, sending Franken to Senate

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's contested Senate race on Tuesday, hours after a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled the former "Saturday Night Live" comedian should be certified the winner.

Coleman announced his decision at a news conference in St. Paul, bringing an end to a nearly eight-month recount and court fight over an election decided by only a few hundred votes.

"The Supreme Court has made its decision and I will abide by the results," Coleman told reporters outside his St. Paul home.

Coleman, appearing relaxed and upbeat, said he had congratulated Franken, was at peace with the decision and had no regrets about the fight, which started almost immediately after the Nov. 4 election.

"Sure I wanted to win," said Coleman, who called the ruling a surprise. "I thought we had a better case. But the court has spoken."

He declined to talk about his future plans, brushing aside a question about whether he would run for governor in 2010.

Franken's victory will give Democrats control over 60 Senate seats, the number needed to overcome any Republican filibusters to health care, energy, or other legislation they or the Obama administration is seeking.

But to exercise that strength, they will need to remain as united in support of a bill as Republicans are in opposition, regardless of regional differences, ideology, or political self-interest.

The situation is further complicated by the illness of two senior Democrats who have been absent from the Capitol for weeks. West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd was recently released from a hospital after undergoing treatment for a staph infection, and Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is battling brain cancer. It is not known when, or whether, either will be able to return to the Capitol.

An early test could come next month, when health care legislation reaches the Senate floor. Democrats have been seeking agreement on a bipartisan plan with a handful of Republicans. But if those talks falter, they and the White House may end up in a situation where 60 votes would be needed to advance one of the administration's highest priorities.

The White House issued a statement saying President Barack Obama looks "forward to working with Senator-Elect Franken to build a new foundation for growth and prosperity by lowering health care costs and investing in the kind of clean energy jobs and industries that will help America lead in the 21st century."

According to Betty K. Koed, the assistant Senate historian, the 60-vote majority marks the first time either political party has reached that level since the late 1970s.

Coleman's appeal hinged largely on an argument that local election officials had inconsistently applied the state's requirements for absentee voters. He and his lawyers had hoped to bring thousands of disqualified absentee votes into the count, but the state's high court sided with a lower court and rejected that argument.

Because voting absentee is an option, voters who choose to do so have to comply with the law, the justices wrote. And they said there was no valid reason to apply a more lenient standard in judging absentees, as Coleman wanted, than the law required.

"Because strict compliance with the statutory requirements for absentee voting is, and always has been required, there is no basis on which voters could have reasonably believed that anything less than strict compliance would suffice."

Coleman could have carried his fight into the federal courts, but it was unlikely a federal court would have overturned the state Supreme Court decision. That possibility created months of intrigue over whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty would sign an election certificate if Coleman continued an appeal — a possibility that quickly became moot with Coleman's concession.

Pawlenty said he would sign the certificate later Tuesday.

Franken declared his candidacy more than two years ago, and he and Coleman have combined to spend $50 million in pursuit of the seat. That's more than double what it cost candidates in 2002, when Coleman won the seat that had been held by the late Paul Wellstone.

In the months since Election Day, both men have kept comparatively low profiles. After Coleman's term expired in January, he took a job as a consultant and strategic adviser to the Republican Jewish Coalition, a group that advocates in Washington on Jewish issues.

But Coleman also frequently appeared at the lower-court proceeding that handled his legal challenge, in contrast to Franken, who stayed away. Aside from some trips to Washington to meet with Reid and other Senate leaders, Franken has spent his time in private, saying he was studying issues to be prepared if seated.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Franken told her Tuesday he's "ready to get started immediately." The Democrat said Franken is expected to immediately dive into the health care reform debate.

"This victory was hard earned for Al Franken and his family," she said. "Franni Franken had a suitcase packed, ready to go to Washington at a moment's notice, like you do when you're waiting to have a baby. She had a toothbrush, clothes, all of that, ready to go."

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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I didn't even know Gary Coleman was running for Senate, much less a Republican.

Guess I should read the paper more often!

[Larry Lee]

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Watch this video of Al Franken attempting to outfox our own Ann Coulter. See if Franken's demeanor doesn't make your skin crawl, like it did mine.

But, before you do that, I think we should all take a minute and ponder the wise words of Senator Jim DeMint from the big state of South Carolina:

"On what basis does the [Obama] Administration demand [ousted Honduran President] Zelaya’s reinstatement? His removal from office was no more a coup than was Gerald Ford's ascendence to the Oval Office or our newest colleague Al Franken's election to the Senate."

[SayvedByTheLord]

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I think that sweet Ann, and Michele Bachmann should stand on either side of him and pummel him with their breasts leather billy clubs.

[Larry Lee]

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I think that sweet Ann, and Michele Bachmann should stand on either side of him and pummel him with their breasts leather billy clubs.

What an interesting idea, Brother

[H. Montague Worthington]

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I did not know that Al Franken was a comedian. I just thought he was an ordinary greedy, Godless Joo backed by ACORN in an attempt to get more taxpayer money for his greedy, Godless Joo cousins that run the banks. Honestly, I have never heard of him. He couldn't possibly be as funny or popular as Yakov Smirnoff, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry The Cable Guy, Jim Stafford, Gallagher, or Carrot Top. Those men are true artists, because they make you think with their comedy.

Stupid liberals wouldn't recognize real comedy if it bit them in a place that hurts a lot and causes primetime TV audiences to laugh as though there is a recorded roar of laughter--- say, the rear end.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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None of this shenanigans would ever have happened in Florida... They know how to count votes there.

[Larry Lee]

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I did not know that Al Franken was a comedian. I just thought he was an ordinary greedy, Godless Joo backed by ACORN in an attempt to get more taxpayer money for his greedy, Godless Joo cousins that run the banks. Honestly, I have never heard of him. He couldn't possibly be as funny or popular as Yakov Smirnoff, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry The Cable Guy, Jim Stafford, Gallagher, or Carrot Top. Those men are true artists, because they make you think with their comedy.

Amen Brother. Carrot Top especially is one of our greatest geniuses. He makes his own props, you know. Also, I'm pretty sure he's a Christian.