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Al Franken Not Likely To Give Up Until Securing Fishy 'Victory'
radioequalizer.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008
Al Franken Not Likely To Give Up Until Securing Fishy 'Victory'
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UNDERESTIMATING AL Franken Loss Would Be Too Significant For Dems To Tolerate With US Senator Norm Coleman's lead in the Minnesota recount actually growing as the effort comes to a close ( he's now up by 340 votes ), some are beginning to believe Democratic challenger Al Franken will ...
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a ... (more) Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!

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briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
— briefingroom.thehill.com — Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order those ballots counted. "Wherever the numbers stand ... (more) Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount

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Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
twincities.com - 12/3/2008
Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
— twincities.com — What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away. Elections officials in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 36 ... (more) Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes

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Ace of Spades HQ:  Nuclear Option: Franken Laying Predicate for Senate to Vote Him Into Office Even if He Loses the Vote?

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Nuclear Option: Franken Laying Predicate for Senate to Vote Him Into Office Even if He Loses the Vote?
Ace of Spades HQ — ... by enough that even his demands that dubious absentee votes be counted won't save him. A reader explains why the secretary of state's site shows Franken behind: Simply because the recount isn't finished yet, and many of the uncounted precincts went big for Coleman. So the current tally is not reflective of the likely final tally. So is that it for Franken? No. The Senate can simply vote him into office if they so choose, and Franken's spurious arguments about "uncounted votes" may be an effort to give them the pretext to do just that. In 1975 the Senate refused to certify ...

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