NRSC ‘firmly behind’ Coleman

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) says the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is “firmly behind” Norm Coleman, despite yesterday’s ruling by a three-judge panel that Al Franken won the election.

“Last night, [Democrats] succeeded in convincing a three-judge panel to issue a fundamentally misguided ruling that disenfranchises over 4,000 Minnesota voters,” Cornyn, the chairman of the NRSC, wrote in an email to NRSC supporters. “They did so by imposing a different, and stricter, standard for votes to be counted rather than following the rules that were in place in Minnesota on Election Day.”

He continued: “…Constitutionally-valid Due Process and Equal Protection concerns have been raised

Dear Friend:

The strength of our democracy is built on a fair and accurate system of elections. Our Constitution provides for Due Process and for Equal Protection in order to better guarantee the enfranchisement of every voter.

Unfortunately, those fundamental principles are under attack in Minnesota. Since Senator Norm Coleman was first ahead by hundreds of votes at the end of election night, the Democrats have aggressively worked to change the rules of the game after it