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Coleman’s lead over Franken now down to … two votes
hotair.com - 12/19/2008
Coleman’s lead over Franken now down to … two votes
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So says the AP ; the Strib puts it at five . [...] Read the rest »
startribune.com - 12/19/2008
Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150
— startribune.com — The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put... challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150. (more) Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150

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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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politico.com - 12/18/2008
Coleman vs. Franken: 5 votes
— politico.com — Coleman’s shrinking lead, combined with a state Supreme Court decision handed down Thursday, has heightened the chances that... Franken could end up winning. (more) Coleman vs. Franken: 5 votes

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Blog Reactions

Weekly Standard Blog:  Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?

Patterico's Pontifications:  The Bad, The Good, and The Ugly

News:  MORNING READ

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Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?
Weekly Standard Blog — 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 rapidly pulling away with the lead--but this number is bunk because the state has not allocated thousands of challenged ballots withdrawn by Franken or Coleman. As Nate Silver wrote yesterday, Franken did reasonably well as the canvassing board, comprised of four judges and the secretary of ...

The Bad, The Good, and The Ugly
Patterico's Pontifications — The bad: Coleman’s lead over that douchebag Franken is only two votes. (Maybe five. Who’s counting?) The good: the margin separating the candidates may well be wider tomorrow. The ugly: Franken will probably be ahead. Which would make the good not so good after all.

MORNING READ
News — ... . Coleman received more bad news Thursday from Minnesota's Supreme Court, which allowed 1,600 absentee ballots to be counted instead of rejecting them, notes Hot Air's Allahpundit . But the court ruling requires both campaigns and election officials to find consensus on whether to open each absentee ballot, presenting a possible trap for either campaign, notes FiveThirtyEight's ...

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startribune.com 12/19/2008 — The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 100.
Coleman leads Franken by just 2 votes (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/19/2008
Politico - Two votes is all that stands between Minnesota Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, according to the Associated Press tally in the state’s still-unresolved Senate race.
Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in Minn. — msnbc.com: Politics 12/19/2008
Sen. Norm Coleman saw his lead over Al Franken in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race dwindle to just two votes Thursday. Meanwhile, a key court ruling put hundreds of improperly rejected ballots in play.
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With the latest projections showing incumbent Norm Coleman (R) clinging to a lead of a handful of votes, Minnesota's U.S. Senate race headed deeper into political limbo yesterday, raising the possibility that the contest could still be undecided when ...
Holidays, Court Ruling Will Further Extend Minn. Senate Recount — Wash Post Elections 12/19/2008
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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.  ...