Norm Coleman's Lawyer Done?

"Joe Friedberg, attorney for former Sen. Norm Coleman's recount effort, seemed to suggest in a MN radio interview yesterday that Democrat Al Franken will wind out on top when the three-judge panel finishes reviewing the counting process. Friedberg says that he's "done" but that the case could drag on for some time.

Q. Joe, are you done?

A. Yes, I'm done.

Q. Let me ask you in a different way. Is Norm done?

A. Well, I think that we have been trying this case with the appeal record in mind, and that's where we're going, and it's going to be a very quick appeal, and then I will know whether or not it worked.

Q. Well, when you say quick appeal, are you confident that you are going to lose the case in front of the three-judge panel? By losing the case, I mean Norm ends up with less votes.

A. I think that's probably correct that Franken will still be ahead and probably by a little bit more. But our whole argument was that it was a constitutional argument, and it's an argument suitable for the Minnesota Supreme Court, not for the trial court. So we will see whether we were right or not.

.Q. We could still be awhile before this thing gets decided?

A. Yeah, I think that's clearly true.”

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/03/is_norm_coleman.php

Did Reed say something?

And then backtracked. Franken said he was going to wait until all appeals had been exhausted.

Some won't be able to take Franken seriously anyway;
why help them out by seating him on April 1?