election
When You’ve Lost Powerline…
The deeply flawed Wall Street Journal editorial on the Minnesota Senate recount was too much even for the bloggers at Powerline, the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”-based Website whose lawyer/writers pinned Dan Rather to the wall back in 2004. Scott Johnson writes:
There was no noticeable partisan division among the board. I reject any imputation of misconduct [...]
Stop, Thief!
Wow, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial on the Minnesota recount was the screed heard ’round the world. Here’s Bill O’Reilly, the Sinestro to Al Franken’s Hal Jordan, citing the WSJ to argue that Franken “cheated” to win the recount. Here’s Joe Scarborough doing the same (and you really have to read Mika Brezezinski’s sassy onomotopiea [...]
Franken ‘Ready To Go To Work in Washington As Soon As Possible’
Al Franken, calling himself “the next senator from Minnesota,” said Monday afternoon he is ready to go to Washington to get to work just as soon as possible.
But Franken didn’t respond to reporters’ shouted questions about exactly when he would go to Washington and retreated up the front steps of his downtown Minneapolis townhouse with [...]
Court Denies Coleman Lawsuit to Halt Certification of Minn. Election
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order late Monday morning (pdf) denying an emergency motion from the Norm Coleman campaign to stop the State Canvassing Board from certifying the vote in the statewide Senate recount. That clears the way for the canvassing board to certify this afternoon that Al Franken received the most votes in [...]
California Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Prop 8
Rick Hasen reports on his election law blog that the California high court agreed Wednesday to consider whether Proposition 8 passes muster under the state constitution, which could put to rest at least part of the controversy that’s been brewing since Californians voted to amend their constitution to prohibit gay marriage.
More From Newsweek: Debate Format and Climate Change
Many are fascinated by the behind-the-scenes campaign news/gossip reported in Newsweek’s election special. One of the more interesting tidbits to me was that both candidates were somewhat uncomfortable with the format of the presidential debates.
Newsweek reports this quote from Barack Obama while he was preparing for a debate — a quote which, as an environment [...]
Pre-election Claims of “Voter Fraud” Fizzle Out
Zachary Roth at TPM Muckraker has a terrific roundup on how hyped-up fears of “voter fraud” in swing states never came to pass.
The secretaries of state in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin, where claims of voter-registration fraud were rampant, report that all went well. Despite long lines and technical miscues, none of the GOP [...]
Oh, The Onion
I feel compelled to link to The Onion’s hilarious lede today.
From its awesome bit of fake news, entitled, “Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress”:
Legal Skirmishes Continue Through Election Day
Never have lawyers been so busy skirmishing over an election — and it probably won’t end on Election Day.
Today’s lawsuits and rulings include:
The Ohio GOP filed a lawsuit it had previously dropped against Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic secretary of state, claiming she hasn’t done enough to ensure that all provisional ballots are counted fairly and [...]
Youth and The “Green Vote”
I have a piece coming up today on how the environment could factor into the youth vote tomorrow.
In my reporting for the story, I came across a group called the Energy Action Coalition, which has run a nonpartisan campaign called “Power Vote” this election season. The campaign’s purpose is to galvanize young people to persuade [...]
