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Shailagh, Shailagh, don’t dream it’s over

by DougJ|  June 30, 20092:20 pm| 141 Comments

This post is in: Politics

It looks like there won’t be a revote in Minnesota — the Minnesota Supreme Court just ruled in favor of Franken according to CNN and WaPo. Updates as they come in…. Update. Here’s a full report on the decision from TPM. Pawlenty is a on record saying he won’t delay if the court rules in …

Shailagh, Shailagh, don’t dream it’s overPost + Comments (141)

Tuesday Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  August 18, 20155:25 am| 206 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Readership Capture, Daydream Believers

If failing to plan is planning to fail, President Obama will never be caught short. Per the NYTimes, “With High-Profile Help, Obama Plots Life After Presidency“: The dinner in the private upstairs dining room of the White House went so late that Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn billionaire, finally suggested around midnight that President Obama might …

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Uncle

by Tim F|  April 20, 20102:38 pm| 62 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

One of Mitch McConnell’s 41 soldiers just went soft on filibustering finance reform. You can take that to the bank stuff that under the mattress. ***Update*** Also, Democrats raising cain over McConnell’s unbelievably tone-deaf bankster confab could have hit a bit close to the mark. WWKRD? ***Update 2*** Excellent news for readers with GOP Senators! …

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Following NY-20

by DougJ|  March 31, 20099:05 pm| 66 Comments

This post is in: Politics

If you want to follow the results in NY-20, I recommend comparing the incoming county-by-county results from here with the county-by-county results of the 2006 election (in which Gillibrand defeated John Sweeney by 6 points). Though to some extent it may be possible to get a feel from raw totals, since the results didn’t vary …

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They try to make them do a revote, I say no, no, no

by DougJ|  February 26, 200912:51 pm| 129 Comments

This post is in: Media, I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To

A few days ago, Washington Post reporter Shailagh Murray suggested — on the basis of nothing — that there should be a revote in Minnesota. Apparently, that’s what Coleman is shooting for now: But five weeks into the election contest trial, the court has repeatedly issued rulings that narrow Coleman’s chances of either collecting enough …

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Say what?

by DougJ|  February 23, 200911:45 am| 102 Comments

This post is in: Politics

I’ve been following the Franken-Coleman legal proceedings pretty closely and everything I’ve read suggests that Franken is getting the better end of it and will be certified in the next few months. So where the hell does this come from? Baltimore, Md.: Speaking of junior senators, do you see Al Franken being seated anytime before …

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More good news for Republicans

by DougJ|  January 13, 200912:06 pm| 145 Comments

This post is in: Media

It never stops, does it? White House reporters for The New York Times predict that the market collapse will force President-elect Barack Obama to abandon for now many of his campaign promises. If his stimulus plan “doesn’t work out, he may very well be a one-term president,” said Jeff Zeleny, who covered Obama’s campaign. “It’s …

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