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Kline encourages Coleman to fight on

Posted at 10:09 AM on June 29, 2009 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2008: U.S. MN CD2

Republican Congressman John Kline told reporters this morning that he wants Republican Norm Coleman to continue his legal fight in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate race "until we can get as much confidence in Minnesota and in the nation that the results are accurate."

Kline also said he'd like to see the MN Supreme Court say "There isn't a winner here. We cannot declare a winner" and said he'd like to see Minnesota have runoff elections.

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So now Kline wants the court to create law? There is no provision in law for a run-off, and ties are settled by a coin flip. But this is not a tie.

But at least we know for sure that at least one conservative is in favor of judges legislating from the bench.

Posted by nunzuscaesar | June 29, 2009 4:45 PM


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