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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (60683)	3/6/2009 1:06:27 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224724

$25, 573.48 - what Barack geckoObamba's budget will cost each taxpayer this is why the market's tanking blogs.telegraph.co.uk

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (60683)	3/6/2009 1:47:17 PM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224724

>>Franken should be seated within the next week. Will he have his diaper on...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (60683)	3/6/2009 4:13:30 PM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224724

Dems need that extra seat in the Senate. Franken should be seated within the next week. Not happening..... foxnews.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (60683)	3/6/2009 4:41:17 PM
From: jmhollen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224724

You lose again, Poopsie................. *Court rejects Franken's bid to be seated in Senate* .. 35 minutes ago ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday blocked Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the U.S. Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to run its course. The decision means the seat will remain empty until the lawsuit and possible appeals in state court are complete. Republican Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging Franken's recount lead is at the end of its sixth week, and both sides expect it to last at least a few more weeks. After a state board certified recount results showing Franken 225 votes ahead, he sued to force Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to sign an election certificate. Franken argued that federal law stipulates each state will have two senators when the Senate convenes, and that law trumped a state law that blocks such certificates while lawsuits are pending. But the state Supreme Court disagreed. In their ruling Friday, the justices said states aren't required to issue such certificates by the date that Congress convenes. The justices wrote in their unsigned opinion that "if the Senate believes delay in seating the second Senator from Minnesota adversely affects the Senate, it has the authority to remedy the situation and needs no certificate of election from the Governor to do so." Coleman's team hailed the ruling for giving the state courts space to sort out Coleman's lawsuit. "This wise ruling will ensure that (Dingy) Harry Reid, Al(ien) Franken and Chuck Schumer cannot short-circuit Minnesota law in their partisan power play," Coleman adviser Ben Ginsberg said, referring to two Democratic leaders in the Senate. Franken's campaign had no immediate comment on the ruling. Associated Press writer Brian Bakst contributed to this report. .