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Norm Coleman concedes Minnesota Senate race to Al Franken

After a fierce legal battle and a voter recount fight that stretched on for seven months, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner in the long-disputed U.S. Senate race.

Hours after the decision was announced, Republican Norm Coleman conceded defeat during a press briefing, saying, "The Supreme Court of Minnesota has spoken."




You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 04:33:13 PM EST
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And now that the Dems have a filibuster proof majority, watch them charge ahead with an aggressive program of...

[painful silence]

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:26:30 PM EST
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promoting the interests of the elites running multinational corporations.  In other words, nothing new.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:40:51 AM EST
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Are we still counting Nelson as a Dem?

(And could we trade up for Olympia Snowe?)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 06:39:22 AM EST
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