With Coleman down in MN Senate count, paper suggests "do-over" election
February 23, 2009 3:02 pm ET by Karl Frisch
With Norm Coleman's hopes of retaining his seat in the U.S. Senate looking slimmer by the day, a reporter from the Washington Post and an editorial from the Pioneer Press have a suggestion to (prolong the already months long election contest) bring things to a close.
Despite the fact that Al Franken won the recount and continues to hold onto the lead...
Despite the fact that Norm Coleman has been handed legal set-back after legal set-back...
Despite the fact that Minnesota is losing out with only one Senator in Washington...Despite the fact that conservatives are using the lack of an additional Democratic Senator to stymie President Obama’s agenda...
Despite all of this, the Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and the Pioneer Press think it might be a good idea to scrap everything that has happened since Election Day and instead hold a run-off election, something that even Minnesota election law doesn't allow?
How about some critical reporting that holds Coleman accountable for his hypocritical legal wrangling? Perhaps that would speed things along.
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Had a similar scenario in the Gov's race in WA state 5 years ago. The ultimate winner lost the election day count (not by much) and the recount (by even less), but came through the 3rd time around. Should Coleman have thrown the towel in after #1 count or #2 count or use all legal means to make sure the count is correct?
It's not true that there were more votes counted in some precincts than there were voters. That's a debunked talking point from the right.
But since you can't win by using the truth, I guess all you have left is lies.
Unfortunately, the "more votes than registered voters" myth endures, and Wall Street Journal editorial page loves to perpetuate it. There is no evidence of such a thing occurring, and Coleman has not made such a claim in a single one of his court filings.
You'd think he would have...if there was any evidence.
But there isn't.
Just a wingnut lie that gets half way around the world before the truth can even put on its pants. (To paraphrase Mark Twain.)