Norm Coleman toast? Coleman’s lawyer quits

Sadly, its looking more and more like Stuart Smalley, err Al Franken will get the disputed Minnesota senate seat. Hotair reports Joe Friedberg told local sports station KFAN that he was “done”, and then had to explain what he meant by “done”:

Q. Joe, are you done?

A. Yes, I’m done.

Q. Let me ask you in a different way. Is Norm done?

A. Well, I think that we have been trying this case with the appeal record in mind, and that’s where we’re going, and it’s going to be a very quick appeal, and then I will know whether or not it worked.

Q. Well, when you say quick appeal, are you confident that you are going to lose the case in front of the three-judge panel? By losing the case, I mean Norm ends up with less votes.

A. I think that’s probably correct that Franken will still be ahead and probably by a little bit more. But our whole argument was that it was a constitutional argument, and it’s an argument suitable for the Minnesota Supreme Court, not for the trial court. So we will see whether we were right or not.

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March 21, 2009 · Filed Under Al Franken


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