Why can't they just have a runoff election in Minnesota for Coleman and Franken?

Hello Taskr, Excellent discussion. This has gone so far beyond 'let every vote count' straight to 'theater of the absurd'. This is one more example of the vote of the people having been confiscated and turned over to be 'decided' by the judiciary. Can anything be farther from the principles of our Founding Fathers and the Constitution? It's not too late. There should be a run-off election scheduled no later than tomorrow. Although, the Democrats will never agree to it because without Obama's name, and draw to the polls, the result will mimmick that of the Georgia run-off election. The DNC's effort to get people to the polls for that special election was an abject failure. Despite the many 'rich and famous' who were employed to try to ratchet up excitement for the Chamblis/Martin race. It is because the DNC knows that Franken will lose in a run off that they keep pushing this insanity that serves no purpose than to disrespect 'We The People' as well as the office!!! This Coleman/Franken mess should be remembered as the power addicted, authoritarian boondoggle that it really is!

Minnesota wouldn't only have half the representation they should if Norm Coleman would have followed his own advice and dropped it months ago! Following the election he called for Franken to concede because the recount would cost too much. now that it appears he's going to lose in court again he's calling for a special election. It really doesn't make a bit of difference what you or I think, it's up to the people of Minnesota and their policy is to do it the way it was done. Coleman said in the beginning that if he'd been trailing on election night he'd have stepped aside. Can you say now that he isn't a hypocrite? Annie

Hard to say. It isn't my state actually. I guess it's up to the people of Minnisota to get fed up with the nonsense and finaly do something. I do pity them though, after all it's their tax dollars and their time being wasted and their representation being denied. In my personal opinoion though, the longer Franken is kept out of washington the better. The guy's a loon and god knows there's already enough of them in congress as it is.

what they still havent picked one?!?! i hadnt heard it mentioned in awhile so i figured they had sorted it out by now.. how ridiculous!