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huffingtonpost.com - 12/16/2008
AP: Franken Poised For Big Gains In Recount
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So will voters who scrawled the same name for every local race. And so will people who marked their choice not just with a darkened oval but with an X, too _ maybe for emphasis, ...

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Open Left - Front Page:  Ballot Analysis Consensus: Franken to Overtake Coleman

Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Al Franken's chances of winning the Minnesota recount may have just gone up astronomically. The state canvassing board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially rejected because of clerical errors -- and the current estimate ... (more) Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board

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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots To The Count
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Some good news for Al Franken: The state canvasing board just voted unanimously to compensate for the loss of those 133 missing ballots in Minneapolis by going back to the recorded Election Night vote totals for this precinct, sparing Al the loss of ... (more) In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots ...

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Ballot Analysis Consensus: Franken to Overtake Coleman
Open Left - Front Page — In an hour the Canvassing Board will begin examining ballots that have been challenged by Norm Coleman or Al Franken. But several analyses of the ballots point toward Franken gaining the edge. The latest analysis is also an example of traditional media learning tricks from bloggers: the Star Tribune has been keeping track of users taking their "ballot challenge" and the consensus among readers is that Franken will pull ahead. This conclusion supports one done by the AP and those of several blog readers, like this one.  Of course there is a possibility ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/20/2008 — The Minnesota state canvassing board has finished its review of challenged ballots today, and we can now say this: When all the dust settles, comedian and progressive activist Al Franken is very likely to become a United States Senator from ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/24/2008 — The possible, perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP officials into a paranoid tizzy. In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of ...
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weeklystandard.com 12/19/2008 — The AP puts Norm Coleman's lead at 2 votes, causing Allahpundit and Kathryn Lopez , among others, to despair. There may be good reason to be anxious, if not desperate, but not because of the AP count. Tomorrow morning the AP will show Franken ...
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bradblog.com 12/13/2008 — We've been on the road for several weeks, and haven't been able to report on the day-to-day details of the hand-count of the razor-thin U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D). Happily, the ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/19/2008 — Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded him a host of challenged votes during deliberations on Thursday. As of 8PM ET, the Minneapolis Star ...
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Minnesota board to review disputed Senate ballots — msnbc.com: Politics 12/16/2008
With the winner of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race still a mystery, a five-member board now steps in to see if a winner can be decided between rivals Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
Minnesota officials eye challenged Senate ballots — CNN Political Ticker 12/16/2008
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — While the official hand recount in Minnesota's tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has ended, a stack of about 1,500 challenged ballots means the announcement of a ...
Minn. ballot review begins with Franken challenges (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/17/2008
AP - Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken grew slightly on Tuesday as a special Minnesota board began refereeing more than a thousand disputed ballots in a process expected to last several days.