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I personally put Al Franken in the Senate
Posted by Greg Laden on May 21, 2012 
Today is Minnesota Senator Al Franken’s Birthday. In honor of that, I’m reposting this historically accurate and important essay, which first appeared on this blog on April 23, 2009 at 3:56PM: I personally put Al Franken in the Senate Al Franken is about to be seated as the Junior Senator from Minnesota after a long…
Al Franken, Tearer Of Orifices, Tears One
Posted by Greg Laden on July 20, 2011 I am so happy Al is my Senator.
Al Franken on the Tax Breaks for the Rich
Posted by Greg Laden on December 6, 2010 One Year Ago in Minnesota:
Posted by Greg Laden on June 30, 2010 Coleman Steps Aside: Franken is Senator Let us not forget, Coleman was an absolute jerk during the whole process. And,he was a sucky senator. Subsequent to Franken’s establishment in office, he has proven himself equal to the best. Indeed, his lack of experience in elected office in general and the senate in particular is rather…
Senator Al Franken Tears Comcast CEO New Orifice
Posted by Greg Laden on February 6, 2010 Don’t mess with Al, man.
Republicans Ask Franken To Stop Being Senator
Posted by Greg Laden on December 3, 2009 … or … Republicans Attack Franken for Opposing Rape No, no … maybe this .. Thirty Senate Republicans Prefer Rape over Justice Or perhaps … Al Franken Does Right Thing: Republicans Get Mad Oh, forget it. I’ll never decide on a title for this post. Just watch the story:
Why Support Al Franken?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 21, 2009 First, watch this
Al Franken Reads Riot Act to DOJ Official
Posted by Greg Laden on September 24, 2009 Well, not the Riot Act, but the Fourth Amendment.
Franken talks down angry mob at State Fair
Posted by Greg Laden on September 3, 2009 Dusty Trice has some brilliant reporting. Here’s his film: Read his detailed report and analysis here.
Health Care Event in Saint Paul Friday
Posted by Greg Laden on August 20, 2009 Yesterday, I called Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar and expressed my support for the public option in Heath Care. If you are a Minnesotan, please do that too. Al’s number is 651-221-1016. If you are not a Minnesotan, call Al anyway as he is on the Health Education Labor and Pensions committee. Use his DC…
Al Franken on the Supreme Court
Posted by Greg Laden on July 28, 2009 Hat Tip: Javier
Al Franken actually won by a landslide
Posted by Greg Laden on July 21, 2009 In any event, more people seem to like Al Franken than who voted for him … if we compare the 42% of the vote he got with the 49% approval rating he now has. (details) This is partly a function of increased favorablity following the nasty recount process, but is also reminds us of something…
Al Franken’s Sotomayor Remarks
Posted by Greg Laden on July 13, 2009 Al’s First Big Thingie:
I give you Senator Al Franken
Posted by Greg Laden on July 7, 2009 Here is Al Franken being sworn in to the U. S. Senate:
The liberal blogosphere eyes Al Franken
Posted by Greg Laden on July 6, 2009 Today, Al Franken goes to Washington. And we helped. Now, it is time to kick his ass. This is the difference between the dittoheads who will follow the anointed head of the Republican Party into a big pile of dogshit if he so orders them and us. They follow their sens less leaders, they stomp…
Help Al Franken One More Time!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on June 30, 2009 I just got an email from my close personal friend, Al Franken. Here’s part of it (I cut out the personal smushy stuff): I’ve said it before, and I want to say it again: THANK YOU. We just received word that the Minnesota State Supreme Court has ruled on Norm Coleman’s appeal. I wanted to…
Franken Wins Court Battle, Unclear if Pawlenty will Sign
Posted by Greg Laden on June 30, 2009 UPDATE: COLEMAN CONCEDES The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge by Norm Coleman, thereby leaving the vote count determined by an election contest judicial panel placing Franken in the lead standing. The basis of the Coleman legal challenge is was essentially that all abentee votes shoudl be counted no matter what, because they…
Franken Wins Election to Senate!
Posted by Greg Laden on June 30, 2009 After nearly eight months, Al Franken has won the election to the United States Senate. There are indications that Pawlenty will sign the election certificate. I’ll update shortly as soon as I have more information. UPDATE HERE UPDATE UPDATE: COLEMAN CONCEDES
Pawlenty Vague on Signing Franken Into Senate
Posted by Greg Laden on June 29, 2009 Time Pawlenty has become famous for his ability to be extraordinarily vague. Now we are seeing this in relation to the expected Minnesota State Supreme Court decision on the Franken-Coleman Senate election contest. For the most part, Pawlenty has signaled that he will only sign the election certificate if he is instructed to do so…
Franken-Coleman Recount Decision: Maybe not today.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 18, 2009 The Minnesota Supreme Court spokesperson Lissa “No-that-is-not-a-typo” Finne has told Greg Sargent’s Blog that the other blogs suggesting that the court would issue a decision today are incorrect. Finne indicates that sometimes the court tells the involved parties on Monday about a decision on Thursday, other times they come out with notification only minutes before…
Franken-Coleman Senatorial Race Decision Expected …. Any Time Now
Posted by Greg Laden on June 18, 2009 According to various sources which can not be named but that are being reported by the Capitol Report, the Minnesota Supreme Court is likely to make a decision today, Thursday, June 18th. If the decision is anything other than to support (uphold) the decision of the three judge panel which previously ruled in Franken’s favor,…
Franken, Coleman Near Miss Tweeted
Posted by Greg Laden on June 17, 2009 Minnesota Post reports from the Minnesota Independent a Twitter Report from Matt HIll indicating that Al Franken and Norm Coleman were on the same flight to Washington DC yesterday. The outgoing Senator, Coleman was in First Class. Franken was in Coach. Just thought you’d like to know….
Coleman has little chance of pulling nuts out of the fire
Posted by Greg Laden on June 4, 2009 Legal experts are largely undivided in the opinion that Norm Coleman’s Minnesota Supreme Court bid to overturn a lower judicial panel’s decisions regarding the vote count in the Minnesota Senate race is senseless and has no chance whatsoever of winning. This opinion was widely held prior to the presentation of arguments by Coleman, but now,…
Souter Will Retire
Posted by Greg Laden on May 1, 2009 US Supreme Court David Souter will retire at the end of the current court term. Amerians: THIS is why we needed to elect a Democrat to office.
Minnesotans Want Coleman To Give Up in Senate Recount
Posted by Greg Laden on April 26, 2009 Only 28 percent of Minnesotans think Coleman’s current appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court is appropriate. Sixty four percent think he should give up now. Seventy three percent feel that he should not go beyond the State Supreme Court if he loses there. The will of the people has been heard in both the voting…
I personally put Al Franken in the Senate
Posted by Greg Laden on April 23, 2009 Al Franken is about to be seated as the Junior Senator from Minnesota after a long and costly battle between loser Norm Coleman and Senator Franken. Al won the election by just a few hundred votes, and three of those votes are mine.
Norm Coleman: Against Democracy
Posted by Greg Laden on April 22, 2009 Norm Coleman has requested a more “leisurely” (as the Star Tribune calls it) schedule for his recount appeal. What is more leisurely? The Coleman team would like oral arguments to begin no sooner than mid-May, and easily later than that. source Clearly, the hypothesis that Norm Coleman is simply playing a delaying game stands, still,…
Coleman Appeals Election Ruling to MNSC
Posted by Greg Laden on April 21, 2009 The Star Tribune reports that Norm Coleman has filed an appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court. He did so late Monday. I believe this is nine days after the lower judicial panel’s decision, which places this appeal just under the deadline. Clearly, Coleman has a strategy in mind that has little to do with the…
What would you pay to make Norm Coleman go away?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 20, 2009 A joint project by Democrats has flipped traditional fund-raising on its head, by starting a campaign aimed at collecting $1 a day from supporters “to make Norm Coleman go away.” The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a new group working to get like-minded candidates elected, has teamed up with Howard Dean’s Democracy for America to tap…
An important deduction regarding the Minnesota Senate recount
Posted by Greg Laden on April 18, 2009 Eric Black of MinnPost Dot Com has made an interesting observation. Last week the three judge panel charged with hearing Norm Coleman’s “Election Contest” (that’s a thing … an election contest is a kind of suit claiming that an election did not go properly) finished their job. They ruled against some of Coleman’s claims, but…
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