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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 01:49 AM
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Coleman: Dems Broke Deal
Source: KEYC

January 9, 2009 at 2:41pm

Former senator Norm Coleman ... says .. Harry Reid backed out of an agreement to let his staff wrap up so-called 'constituent cases.'Coleman said today that Reid had initially agreed to let his staffers take 60 days to wrap up 400 open cases ...

Read more: http://www.keyc.com/node/15897


Coleman: Limbo hurts constituents
By KEVIN DIAZ, Star Tribune
Last update: January 9, 2009 - 9:39 PM

WASHINGTON - ... Jim Manley, spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said there was no such deal and that Democrats hands are tied because Coleman's Senate term ended last Saturday.

Coleman has sought to let his staff work on some 400 remaining constituent cases while he challenges the U.S. Senate recount in Minnesota, in which Democrat Al Franken had a 225-vote advantage. The legal contest is expected to last several months.

Senate Democrats forced Coleman to shut down his office on Monday, the same day the state Canvassing Board certified Franken the top vote-getter in the election. Coleman's Senate website has been frozen, and the nameplate on his office has been removed.

Normally, departing senators use the two months between Election Day and the end of their terms on Jan. 3 to finish up constituent work ...

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Is Normie havin flashbacks from his wasted youth?
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   A bum's rush end to a bum career.  Jim Sagle   Jan-10-09 01:59 AM   #1 
   Gee, Norm, why don't you concede and let Al's staff take over?  Thor_MN   Jan-10-09 01:59 AM   #2 
   That is exactly what I was thinking,  myrna minx   Jan-10-09 09:13 AM   #19 
   Your consituents have told you they don't want your "services" anymore Norm.  MN Against Bush   Jan-10-09 02:01 AM   #3 
   Who is going to take Coleman's word? Why are 400 cases still sitting there anyway?  No Elephants   Jan-10-09 02:11 AM   #4 
   He was busy  atreides1   Jan-10-09 09:21 AM   #21 
   I guess these 400 cases just weren't ...  surrealAmerican   Jan-11-09 03:20 PM   #26 
   "Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly"  ReadTomPaine   Jan-10-09 02:15 AM   #5 
   jeebus, is normie whining AGAIN??  xxqqqzme   Jan-10-09 02:18 AM   #6 
   in 2000, during the recount, republicans marched on the VEEP's  CatWomanDU Moderator   Jan-10-09 02:22 AM   #7 
   His staff should have been doing constituent work  sandnsea   Jan-10-09 02:49 AM   #8 
   Wow, sucks to be him. Seriesly.  jobycom   Jan-10-09 03:05 AM   #9 
   Coleman is a disingenuous jerk. (nt)  w4rma   Jan-10-09 03:45 AM   #10 
   Aaah, poor baby  machI   Jan-10-09 06:30 AM   #11 
   Coleman sure has his nerve.  Lasher   Jan-10-09 06:53 AM   #12 
   It's actually pretty pathetic  depakid   Jan-10-09 07:20 AM   #13 
   "de facto Senator" yup that's it and I'm sure he thinks continuing this  Merlot   Jan-11-09 11:59 AM   #25 
   What has his "staff" been doing since the election...  rasputin1952DU Moderator   Jan-10-09 08:06 AM   #14 
   SORE LOSER!!! n/t  Odin2005   Jan-10-09 08:21 AM   #15 
   He had all that time after election day to do that work  rpannier   Jan-10-09 08:31 AM   #16 
   Because if you'd gotten into the office you wouldn't have left  TOJ   Jan-10-09 08:58 AM   #17 
   Hey Norm--YOU LOST! GET OVER IT!  Joe Bacon   Jan-10-09 09:04 AM   #18 
   I wonder how many constituent cases there are normally. It seems pretty high.  LiberalFighter   Jan-10-09 09:17 AM   #20 
   What a freaking whiner,  dkofos   Jan-10-09 09:25 AM   #22 
   Cry baby coleman.  jwirr   Jan-10-09 09:32 AM   #23 
   departing senators use the two months between Election Day and the end of their terms  Warren Stupidity   Jan-10-09 10:14 AM   #24 
 
Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 01:59 AM
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1. A bum's rush end to a bum career.Updated at 1:50 AM
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 01:59 AM
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2. Gee, Norm, why don't you concede and let Al's staff take over?
Your lack of an exit strategy is telling, and is what is hurting the people with open cases. Face it, you lost, and the fact that you did not prepare for that possibility shows how unsuited you are for public office. If you were truely concerned about anything other than trying to save your job (good luck in trying finding a new one in this economy you helped to create) you would step aside and let the adults finish the job you failed to complete.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:13 AM
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19. That is exactly what I was thinking,
although you stated it better than I ever could, and without the expletives I would have added.
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 02:01 AM
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3. Your consituents have told you they don't want your "services" anymore Norm.
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 02:11 AM
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4. Who is going to take Coleman's word? Why are 400 cases still sitting there anyway?
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atreides1 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:21 AM
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21. He was busy
Refinancing his house. :D
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Jan-11-09 03:20 PM
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26. I guess these 400 cases just weren't ...
... important enough to take care of when he was senator. He's grasping at straws.
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 02:15 AM
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5. "Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly"
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jan-10-09 02:18 AM
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6. jeebus, is normie whining AGAIN??
400 cases? He should have been 'wrapping' those up after 11/4 just in case he LOST. Guess normie was never a boy scout.
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CatWoman DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 02:22 AM
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7. in 2000, during the recount, republicans marched on the VEEP's
house, demanding that Al Gore get out of "Dick Cheney's House".

Norm was probably with them, or cheered them on.

He can go straight to hell.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 02:49 AM
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8. His staff should have been doing constituent work
No reason they couldn't do it. They aren't supposed to have anything to do with the campaign.
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 03:05 AM
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9. Wow, sucks to be him. Seriesly.
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w4rma (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 03:45 AM
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10. Coleman is a disingenuous jerk. (nt)
Edited on Sat Jan-10-09 03:46 AM by w4rma
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machI (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 06:30 AM
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11. Aaah, poor baby
The Republicans don't rule the roost anymore, and he is crying about it.

Dick Cheney get the FVGK out, Joe Biden rules the Senate this year.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 06:53 AM
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12. Coleman sure has his nerve.
He's whining because he can't stay on as de facto Senator while he drags this out in court as long as he can. This is fun, I'm going to have to follow this more closely. Coleman really is taking this badly.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 07:20 AM
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13. It's actually pretty pathetic
I doubt Paul Wellstone would have wanted to see this.
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Jan-11-09 11:59 AM
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25. "de facto Senator" yup that's it and I'm sure he thinks continuing this
will give him some "legitimacy" in holding onto the seat that is no longer his.
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rasputin1952 DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 08:06 AM
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14. What has his "staff" been doing since the election...
he had the 2 months to "wrap up" those "cases", his staff blew it, so, pass these cases on to the new Senator and his staff...I'm willing to bet thyey will be dealt with then.

Coleman...typical crybaby R...miserable little hatchet faced moran...he should just grow up.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 08:21 AM
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15. SORE LOSER!!! n/t
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16. He had all that time after election day to do that work
Instead he stayed in MN.
I thought it was his lawyer and PR teams job to do the legwork in MN?

Give the paperwork to Sen Franken and let him take care of it -- or let the new Sr Sen from MN take care of it.
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17. Because if you'd gotten into the office you wouldn't have left
you and the rest of your piggish Repuke friends are amoral criminals, and your time is up.
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18. Hey Norm--YOU LOST! GET OVER IT!
SORE LOSERMAN!
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20. I wonder how many constituent cases there are normally. It seems pretty high.
I'm thinking this is more than just a few months worth of cases.



Normally, departing senators use the two months between Election Day and the end of their terms on Jan. 3 to finish up constituent work.
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22. What a freaking whiner,
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23. Cry baby coleman.
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24. departing senators use the two months between Election Day and the end of their terms
go fuck off Norm
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