Latest poll in the Massachusetts Senate race out:

Coakley: 49%
Brown: 41%
Kennedy: 05%

There has been controversy over the timing of the seating of the winner of the race, especially if it is Brown and how it would affect the final votes on the health care reform bill.

Here is an article discussing the relevant laws and Senate rules ( Read more... )

Could it be that Tom Daschle's fate sealed the fate of a public option ( Read more... )

The Court DECIDES, DECLARES AND ADJUDGES that Contestee Al Franken is the party to the contest who received the highest number of votes legally case in the 2008 United States Senate general election and is therefore entitled to receive the certificate of election

Contestant's Notice of Contest is dismissed with prejudice.

MONTPELIER, Vt. Gov. Jim Douglas has vetoed legislation that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Vermont.

The House and Senate are expected to try to override the governor's veto on Tuesday.For the first time in the US, there is some chance that equal marriage rights will be instituted ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, both sides present final arguments in Coleman vs. Franken ( Read more... )

And the next best thing to having one yourself is to deny your enemy the same.

For the latest antics of Coleman vs Franken, or, it's so cold in Minnesota now,
it's no wonder they all want to stay in the courtroom until May, see these very
entertaining articles:


Court Woebegone

Wolf poop? Meet spinning air distribution device.Basically, Coleman ( Read more... )

From official court records nationwide, actual Q&A

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the Election Court asked both sides to weigh in on,
among other things, whether

A ballot cast by a non-registered voter who has failed to register to vote
should be accepted?Why there should be any question about this, at least under Minnesota law ( Read more... )

Minnesota is still at it. Franken vs. Coleman has now made it's way ( Read more... )

(Besides getting frostbite on your hands)

Franken now leads Coleman in the US Senate race in Minnesota by 46 votes.
There are 1600 'improperly-rejected absentee ballots' that may yet get ( Read more... )