Projection. Plain and simple. Republicans do this all the time. I have said for many years now that if you want to know what the GOP is up to, take a look at what they accuse the Democrats of doing.

Coleman & Co. know how this will end, they're just attempting to delay the inevitable as long as possible. They don't care about sanctions or the voters intent. It seem's likely Coleman scores GOP future income points based on the length of time he keeps Sen. Al Franken from being seated. So what's the status of the investigation into Coleman, his wife's boss and that (at least) $75,000?

Will Franken get the extra time added on to his Senate term once Coleman's frivolous lawsuit is finished? I don't know how that might work, but this is ridiculous. Coleman is a disgrace and respresents all the worst of the GOP--a shamelss, hypocritical projectionist and all around a-hole who doesn't care about anything or anyone but himself. I am so sick of even seeing pictures of that idiot's face.
The Repubs must really be afraid of Franken based on their behavior here, all the more reason to have him seated immediately for his full six years.

Yes, Coleman's game is to delay - to keep Franken from taking his seat in the Senate for as long as possible. (Other people are kindly paying the expenses for this effort, and Coleman is earning their gratitude.) To prolong the judicial proceeding, Coleman is using the legal system against itself, and relying on human nature too. It's plain that when the day finally comes that Coleman loses his case in this court, he will then appeal to a higher court. Much of what he is now doing is setting up the issues on which to base the appeal. The current judges know this, and as they are human beings, they do not want their rulings in this case to be overturned by the higher court. They don't want to be criticized by the appeals judges; they don't want the higher court to point out their errors and send the case back to them for yet another hearing on the disputed points. So they are bending over backwards to hear Coleman out and to be as fair and thorough as they can. And so it takes forever.

Since this case is apt to take months more, I suggest that you read a good book to pass the time of day, and months. Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, is the very book, the story of a very long (many decades) legal case that exposes the various flaws and peculiarities of the English legal system. Read a chapter a day (the book was originally published as a serial, after all), and by the time you're finished, maybe the Coleman/Franken case will have progressed somewhere.

Are there any adults in Minnesota to bring this charade to an end? If not, they should be kicked out of the Union.

It is a mistake to think that Coleman could not win this.

It's silly partisanship to say he's only doing it to stall Franken from being seated.

The Court needs to be clear on the limited scope of this trial. So far it's public statements support that it knows what it's supposed to do, but what it is allowing Coleman's team to do belies this.

The key distinction as I see it is that this case is not about voter disenfranchisement, but about whether Coleman got due process in the election. While they do overlap, the latter is the issue, not the former. This rules out some kinds of arguments Coleman could, and has raised. Why those have not been shut down sooner, I can't imagine. Is Franken's team really doing a good job here?