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Someone on the internet agrees with me

By gregladen on January 4, 2009.

... regarding the likely response by Coleman following the certification of the Minnesota Senatorial Race tomorrow (Monday) by the Canvassing Board.

No matter who wins, either party can lodge a legal challenge, potentially pushing the election results out quite a period of time from now. In 1969, Minnesota was unable to certify their Senator until well in to March.

But this isn't the 1960s, and Norm Coleman surely knows that.

Just because he challenges the election, which is something he's well poised himself to do, it doesn't mean the outcome will change. If he fights tooth and nail to the death, and he loses, it will surely spell the end of his political career...

Read the rest by Brian White at Glossy News. Oh, google it. The site is showing signs of not being well behaved so I'm not linking to it.

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