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Norm Coleman

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    July 27, 2010

    Does Target Have an Anti-Gay Agenda, or Are They Just Stupid?

    ​The new NYC Target is open for business, much to the pleasure of many a New Yorker who no longer has to transfer boroughs for their cheap bulk items. But perhaps we should not be so fast to be smug with our "getting a good deal" and "shopping somewhere other than the much-maligned Wal-Mart" f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2009

    NY-23: It's all over but the whining, the begging, and maybe the lawsuit

    ​Douglas Hoffman, the independent challenger who lost and conceded and unconceded and re-lost the race to fill a traditionally Republican seat upstate, has given himself the weekend to decide if he's going to drag the whole thing into court.

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Rightbloggers Scour Kennedy Funeral for Anti-Obamacare Ammo

    After a plane crash killed liberal Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife and daughter, and several staff members in 2002, his friends and family held a memorial at the University of Minnesota attended by 15,000 people. The theme was "Stand up, keep fighting" for Wellstone's beliefs, and the expected D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Al Franken Ruled Winner in 2008 Senate Race by MN Supremes; Next Stop SCOTUS? (Update: Coleman Concedes)

    Look, at least we're not the only state where democracy is a thing of the past: the Norm Coleman-Al Franken Senate election has been in the courts since freaking November 2008. Today the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled 5-0 that Franken had in fact won the thing, using the old and generally disregarde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Wait, Mark Sanford Isn't Done Making Us Laugh

    The South Carolina Governor and Argentine adulterer Mark Sanford, who was widely believed to have dodged some publicity bullets when Michael Jackson died, has found a way back into our hearts. Today he tells us that though long-distance lover Maria Belen Chapur is his "soul mate," he will nonethele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Coleman Concedes, Franken is Minnesota Senator

    After telling us that his wife had been praying the rosary in Rome (?), Norm Coleman congratulated Al Franken on becoming the next Senator from Minnesota. Then he said a bunch of other stuff about voters' rights and the people of Minnesota, but who cares? This fucking thing is done. Hooray for the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Report: Tedisco Concedes, Murphy Wins NY-20 House Seat

    The Albany Project reports that Jim Tedisco has finally conceded the NY-20 Congressional race. The chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just sent out his congrats to winner Scott Murphy. It's been looking that way for a day or two, with Murphy up 401 votes in the post-electora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Absentee Deadline Passed, but NY-20 Vote Count Continues

    Well, the April 13 absentee ballot deadline has come and gone, and yet we don't seem to have a winner in the Scott Murphy-Jim Tedisco special Congressional election. Why not? For one thing, the board of elections is counting slowly, probably because they are surrounded by the candidates' lawyers who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Mr. Parmet Gets His Diploma

    Ben Parmet went to Brooklyn's James Madison High School many, many years ago. He mentioned his days at Madison to Ben Goldberg, a volunteer at his nursing home, who as it happened also attended Madison, albeit much later, and who contacted the editors of the James Madison Alumni News about Mr. Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Out There In The Dark: Rightbloggers Go Hollywood!

    As we get closer to the actual transition, rightbloggers are shifting gears. They're losing interest in the remaining pre-inaugural Obama business. We probably won't see anything like the Hillary Clinton Constitutional crisis again. Leon Panetta's CIA appointment drew some criticism on the grounds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Al Franken Certified; Fraud at Polls!

    After a long series of recounts, challenges, etc., the Minnesota Board of Canvassers has certified the election of comedian Al Franken to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. Stuart Smalley is in! Anticipating this result, the Wall Street Journal tells its readers that it's all a fix: "Strange things kee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    GOP, Feeling Left Out, May Refuse to Seat a Senator

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Rightbloggers' "Conservatism 2.0" Closely Resembles Earlier Versions

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Midday Politics: Coleman Sues, Queens Candidates "Battle Down to the Wire"

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Rotten Tomatoes: Republicans Defeat Windfall Oil Profits Tax

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2005

    Morning Report 5/18/05
    Let George Do It

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2005

    Morning Report 5/12/05
    Misery Accomplished

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2004

    Riding the Wave

    Disaster politics in the wake of the tsunami; Bush takes aim at the U.N.

  • News

    October 21, 2003

    The Bush-Cheney Gazillions Tour

    Get Out Your Checkbooks. It's a Bundle of Fun

  • Music

    September 9, 2003

    Everything's on Sale

    Universal Reversals, Webcast Battles, RIAA-Safe Tuneage

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    Riding Rudy's Right-Wing Wave

    GOP Hero Giuliani Stumps for Himself and America's Party

  • News

    November 12, 2002

    Wheedle, Leverage, Organize

    Paul Wellstone's Lesson for the Overwhelmed Dems

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