Minnesota Public Radio story today about the Coleman/Franken Senate recount court battle validates litigation pr:

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania says eight years later, the Bush experience in Florida appears to be informing the Coleman and Franken strategies in Minnesota.

"The lesson that consultants and campaigns learned from the 2000 recount was that you can win in public opinion and, in important ways, shape the debate that's taking place," said Jamieson.

Jamieson said Franken and Coleman are both trying to publicly frame recount issues in their favor in the hope they can color the context in which the judges consider the case.

Read the whole story here.

Updated 2/2/2009 8:20:31 AM

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