corner.nationalreview.com - 12/19/2008
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A friend and GOP politico close to the recount says: "Nobody knows what the numbers mean at this point. I believe Coleman will be ahead once all the challenged ballots are reviewed. The big issue remains the 'improperly rejected' absentee ballots. On Thursday the state supreme court said they ...
Coleman speaks!
politico.com 12/23/2008 — Blog: For the first time since the Minnesota Senate recount began, Sen. Norm Coleman briefly talked to a Minneapolis TV station about the recount
The Good News for Coleman...
fivethirtyeight.com 1/7/2009 — ...is that the Minnesota Supreme Court's order (.pdf) today didn't make any judgment whatsoever about the merits of Coleman's case on absentee ballots. It merely said that the time to resolve these things is during an election contest, not during the ...
TAKING THE SENATE: Al Franken for Minnesota
culturekitchen.com 11/3/2008 — Minnesota is a key state in determining the make up of the US Senate this year. Incumbemt Norm Coleman is mired in several scandals for taking gifts, favors and vacations from lobbyists (explicitly against Senate ethics rules). His opponent, Al ...
Coleman v. Minnesota Canvassing Board
fivethirtyeight.com 12/18/2008 — This afternoon, Minnesota's Supreme Court will take up Norm Coleman's request (PDF) to stop the counting of so-called "fifth-pile" absentee ballots in Minnesota. These are ballots that initially were rejected by the counties, but that upon further ...
MN-Sen: Petty partisan politics from GOP
dailykos.com 1/2/2009 — The open question in Minnesota's Senate race is no longer who will win, but when he will be seated. As TPM's Eric Kleefeld outlines , Al Franken has effectively won, but because Norm Coleman is playing the part of a sore loser, Minnesota's senate ...
TheHill.com
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ...
Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?
fivethirtyeight.com 12/23/2008 — In a 26-page response (.pdf) filed on Monday with the Minnesota Supreme Court, Al Franken's campaign disputes Norm Coleman's claim that a significant number of ballots were double-counted in Minnesota, chiding Coleman's petition for a lack of ...
In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
fivethirtyeight.com 1/3/2009 — UPDATE (9:48 AM): The state will now begin counting the ballots; see The Uptake for live video coverage. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Coleman's petition, nor was the recount team in St. Paul willing to delay the counting until it heard from ...
Minnesota Lunchtime Update: It's Gonna Be Close
fivethirtyeight.com 12/19/2008 — With the Canvassing Board today having begun ruling on ballot challenges made by the Coleman campaign, we may now have a slightly better idea of where we stand in Minnesota's recount process. Through lunchtime today, by my highly unofficial count, ...
Minnesota elections board says Franken won
thehill.com 1/5/2009 — The Minnesota Board of Canvassers certified Democrat Al Franken as winner of the state’s Senate race, but incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R) attorneys have vowed to challenge the decision. After two months of political and legal wrangling by both ...
Report: Minnesota Senate race down to 5 votes —
CNN.com - Politics 12/19/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's unofficial lead over Democrat Al Franken shrank to five votes as a Minnesota Canvassing Board continued analyzing ballots from the November 4 Senate election, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Friday.
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Down the ballot: It will never end… —
First Read 12/19/2008
COLORADO: Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is launching an online campaign to solicit suggestions on who should be appointed to fill Sen. Ken Salazar's seat.
MINNESOTA: The Minneapolis Star Tribune says that a ruling by Minnesota’s highest ...
In Senate, history could repeat itself for MN —
First Read 12/19/2008
From NBC's Carrie Dann The seemingly endless Minnesota recount, which could well be headed for a legal limbo that would drag into the New Year, has lawyers and reporters digging for answers about what, if anything, Senate Democrats could do to ...
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