corner.nationalreview.com - 1/5/2009
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As has been discussed here, Sen. Norm Coleman now trails Al Franken by 225 votes in Minnesota. What options are left to the Coleman campaign, now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has denied his legal bid to include 654 absentee ballots in the recount total?
The court makes clear in its ruling ...
startribune.com - 1/5/2009
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/5/2009
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In a statement given to Election Central, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid has called upon Norm Coleman...
to concede defeat in the Minnesota Senate race. Reid also reminded Coleman of his own calls early on in this process for Franken to concede and ...
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Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede.
reuters.com - 1/6/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not...
to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. Senate Republicans had ...
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Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
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Angry clown certified as winner in Minnesota Senate race
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . Much more depressing than the Burris appointment, and maybe even more depressing than Caroline being picked. Well, no. Not more depressing than that. Coleman’s lawyer, Tony Trimble, sent around a statement vowing to fight on in court, but read David Freddoso to see how many breaks would have to go Coleman’s way at this point — essentially, a mirror image of the breaks Franken got during the recount process. As Freddoso says, because state law requires a seven-day waiting period before the certification can be signed by the governor and secretary of the state, Franken’s ...
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From NBC’s Domenico MontanaroAfter 62 days of counting and re-counting nearly three million ballots, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board today certified results showing Democrat Al Franken as the winner of the Minnesota Senate race.
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CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) – Democrat Al Franked declared victory in the hotly-contested Minnesota Senate race Monday, calling the win "incredibly humbling."
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