The three judge panel soundly rejected Norm Coleman’s arguments, using the term “absurd” in their opinion to describe some of his arguments, and hit his campaign with sanctions, requiring that the Coleman campaign reimburse both the election court and the Franken campaign for a portion of their legal expenses. (click image for full size)

Coleman has 10 days to appeal to the state Supreme court, and will probably use all of that time, since delay is what the ‘phants are paying for, and now everyone’s 2nd favorite Minnesota slimebag, Governor Tim Pawlenty, has signed on to the delay Franken at all costs camp, because it will help his bid to the the Republican nominee for President in 2012.

For weeks, he has said that he would sign the certification when the state courts ruled, and now he’s saying that he’s likely to wait for the federal courts, in contravention of Minnesota law.