DSCC Chair Menendez: Minnesota Supreme Court ‘Needs To Be The End Of The Road’ For Coleman

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DSCC chairman Bob Menendez released this statement tonight, regarding Norm Coleman’s appeal of his defeat in the Minnesota election trial:

“It is sad, but not surprising, that Norm Coleman would continue to drag this process out any longer. While it is certainly within his right to appeal, given all of the challenges facing this country right now, we’d hope that he would put the interest of Minnesotans above his own and allow all of us to move on. It is 167 days since the election – it is time for Republicans to stop holding this seat hostage as a way to obstruct President Obama’s agenda. We should all let Senator-elect Franken get to work for the people who elected him. The Minnesota Supreme Court needs to be the end of the road.”

The Dems have been steadily drawing a line in the sand, that Al Franken should be seated after he presumably wins at the state Supreme Court, without this getting further bottled up in the federal courts. We’ll find out in due time how successful they are.

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