Published 11/19/2008
by peterhamby
at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) – One day after the state of Minnesota began re-counting the nearly three million ballots cast in the state’s tightly-contested Senate race, the two candidates in the race — Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman — were on Capitol Hill meeting with Senate leaders.
Franken met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [...]
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