Secrets of the City

Aaron is livetweeting.

The Strib summarizes the case: http://www.startribune.com/local/46622737.html

A nice intro to the case from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/us/politics/01minnesota.html?_r=1&ref=politics

As of this moment, the judges do not seem very sympathtic to the case.

No! This can’t end so soon! It’s only been 6 months!

From the Minnesota Independent:

Law professor: If high court rejects Coleman argument, Senate should seat Franken: http://minnesotaindependent.com/35912/franken-coleman-supreme-court

Pawlenty was telegraphing to the Supremes a way they could end this during a recent radio interview. “If the SCOM instructs me to sign, I will.”

T-Paw needs a way to make this go away that won’t hurt his standing (which is already pretty low) with the national GOP, which would love to see this continue as along as possible.

Hopefully, the justices will pick up on the not-so-subtle hint from the Gov.

That would let him off too easy.

Just like his attempt to get the DFL to share the blame for the cut’s he’s going to have to make, by insisting that they give him suggestions for cuts.

Why can’t he just do the right thing, without being INSTRUCTED to do it?

aaron: “Coleman lawyer: “we extrapolate in life,” regarding coming up with “proof” of widespread errors. #mncontest”

Thank God we don’t do that in the court room though. There’s a burden of proof you have to meet. Even in civil cases.

“T-Paw needs a way to make this go away that won’t hurt his standing (which is already pretty low) with the national GOP”

What gives you that idea?

Rat,  a recent National Journal poll gave Pawlenty 17 percent ranking as a “rising star gov.” Other polls and inside the beltway pundants have told the same story.

While his name often surfaces as a “GOP moderate,” there is no real indication that the party — and Republican voters — want to go that direction.

They still have a civil war to get through before they can emerge from the wilderness to lead the nation again.

I’m confused by this court exchanged tweeted by @fleetadmiralj:

Justice: Do you concede that a candidate has right to challenge ballot at precinct? Friedberg: Absolutely not

So, did Friedberg concede that a candidate does NOT have the right to challenge ballots at the precinct level?

@justpbob

Personally I am pushing for the all time record. I believe its New Hampshire that has the all out record for the length of time it took to seat a senator at 200+ days. Unfortunately I didn’t tag the article that stated that.

Very anti-climatic. I was expending high drama, but we just got an hour of Q&A. Lame.

Stay tuned for the Nina Totenberg dramatic reading, Kwatt.

Didn’t Nina Totenbury sing about 99 Luftballoons? Maybe Norm would be agreeable to holding on to them? Especially if we tied them to a lawn chair?