and kevin hamilton from seattle and david from the twin cities and norm coleman had his own downfall of lawyers who were minnesota based except for the well-known election law ben ginsburg who spoke as the spokesman and had been george bush's meen spokesperson during the 2000 florida recount. the was a victory for 2008 was not. but i think to broadly attribute the franken victory to the mere lawyering ann gates factors and his women. one was early in overall preparing for it. number two was the collection and analysis of the data that he collected. number three was fund raising and number four was rapid response to the defense that occurred. the new yorker i got lucky last week had a brief review of my book and they wrote, he wrote, she wrote the one that decided it more one and that is the similarity between the florida every count but i also think there were other forces out there. one was the side that wanted more had lost 80 years earlier in florida and was trying to get back at that and also the memory of paul wellstone was around this weekend as all. senator coleman had beaten

kevin hamilton, who is seattle-based in assam law firm got on the phone and he told everybody, steady absentee ballots. look at absentee ballots. people always screw up, particularly democrats. they're really sloppy voters. kevin had worked on the recount in 2004 where they were at issue. together thing about hamilton is from the moment he landed in minneapolis, which would've been the 11th of november he was thinking about a child. he's a trial attorney. and just keep that in mind when you realize that coleman weikel teamed trial lawyer wasn't tired until three days before the first scheduling meeting on that trial in january and that was joe friedberg has a great lawyer in town, well known, nice man but would never done an election law if he tripped over it in january and suddenly he represented senator coleman and experienced them as planning for two months for this thing. also on the skulls with a man named chris sauter who to me is an unknown person and someone i like and he is arguably the most experienced and well-trained trainer of volunteers that recount. and it's a recount t

kevin hamilton, who is seattle based in the same law firm, he got on the phone and he told everybody study absentee ballots, look at absentee ballots, people always screw up, particularly democrats, they're really sloppy voters and kevin with morning on the rossi recount in 2004 where absentee ballots were an issue. the other thing about hamilton, from the moment he landed in minneapolis, which would have been like the 11th of november, he was thinking about a trial. he's a trial attorney. and just keep that in mind when you realize that the coleman legal team, and its lead trial lawyer wasn't hired until about three days before the first scheduling meeting on that trial in january. and that was joe freedburg, a great trial lawyer in town, well known, nice man, but wouldn't have known an election law if he tripped over it in january and suddenly, he had to represent senator coleman, against hamilton, who had experience and was planning for two months for this thing. also on these calls, was a man named chris sauter, who to me is an unknown person and someone i like and he is arguably