Comments on: Coleman Steps Aside: Franken is Senator https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538996 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538996 Rob: I understand your frustrations, but when “oughtta be” and “what the law is” are different, especially when it comes to the election process, it is the law that has to be followed.

I actually suported Coleman’s right to proceed as he did up to and not including his contest with the State Supreme Court. Yes, he had that right, but not a single legal expert speaking with a modicum of honesty thought it had a chance. This, and the way he did it shows that the SC appeal was a political gambit, and for that, he should be held (politically) accountable. Otherwise, neither candidate did anything wrong.

]]> By: rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538995 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:51:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538995 ugh. finally over.

however, i think both coleman and franken should be held accountable for the fiasco. the 312 vote difference is well within the error rate for both hand count and machine count. the vote discrepancy is meaningless. franken and coleman were tied. lots of money was wasted on recounts and litigation when there should have just been a coin flip to decide.

i am surprised that coleman conceded. he must have had some reason. i am scared to think of what it is. maybe a coleman/bachmann ticket for the next presidential race?

~shudder~

]]> By: Inoculated Mind https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538994 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:50:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538994 Awesome. It took long enough… but it’s over!

Or beginning… 🙂

]]> By: Wesley R. Elsberry https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538993 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:25:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538993 Then there are the folks who describe Coleman as “gracious”.

That word, I do not think it means what they think it means.

]]> By: The Science Pundit https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538992 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:07:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538992

Who ‘splodes first? Rush or BillO?

Well, Rush has already compared Franken’s recount victory to Ahmadinejad’s. Right. Because those two elections have sooo much in common.

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538991 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538991 Yeah, a 5-4 decision becomes a “nine-zip” win, and a 9-0 decision becomes scary hyperbole. I’d recommend Limbaugh take a remedial math course, but that isn’t his problem — it’s an inability to face reality.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538990 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538990 I just heard that the governor has signed the election certificate. I assume it is being carried down the hall to Ritchie’s office as we speak.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538989 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538989 Given what Rush said about the supreme court’s Hartford decision (9-0), he’ll probably say that Coleman won the election contest and Franken mugged him and took the electioncertificate.

]]> By: natural cynic https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538988 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:34:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538988 Who ‘splodes first? Rush or BillO?

Simultaneous would be fine.

]]> By: xavier https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538987 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:30:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/30/coleman-steps-aside-franken-is/#comment-538987 I’m glad this is over because now I can focus on finding my new Russian Bride!!!! (see ads —>)

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