politico.com - 12/18/2008
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Coleman’s shrinking lead, combined with a state Supreme Court decision handed down Thursday, has heightened the chances that Franken could end up winning.
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...
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Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in Minn.
canvass By PATRICK CONDON 1 hour ago ST. PAUL,...
Minn. (AP) The tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken has become incredibly close with ...
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The Associated Press: Coleman's lead down to 2 votes ...
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Coleman Leads Franken by Just 2 Votes
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Two votes is all that stands between Coleman and Franken, according to the AP tally in Minnesota's still-unresolved Senate race. ...
AP: Franken Up By 2 Votes; Strib: Will Win by 89
The BRAD BLOG —
... As thousands of challenged ballots from both Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D) are being decided by the bi-partisan state canvassing board in the U.S. Senate race in MN, AP says it's currently a 2 vote race in favor of Franken. ...
There’s Hope For Franken Yet
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... As thousands of challenged ballots from both Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D) are being decided by the bi-partisan state canvassing board in the U.S. Senate race in MN, AP says it’s currently a 2 vote race in favor of Franken. ...
Coleman Leads Franken by Just 2 Votes
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Two votes is all that stands between Coleman and Franken, according to the AP tally in Minnesota's still-unresolved Senate race. ...
"Coleman leads Franken by just 2 votes."
Althouse —
Do you think that's funny? What's funnier? The Minnesota recount Al Franken ...
Brainster's Blog —
Almost Time to Stop Counting That's the conclusion I suspect the media will reach pretty soon in the Coleman/Franken recount: Two votes are 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 shrinking lead, combined with a state Supreme Court decision handed down Thursday, has suddenly heightened the prospects that Franken, who has trailed in every count since Election Night, could end up winning the ...
Nightmare on 34th Street
The Hollywood Liberal —
... BradBlog has the latest from the endless recount battle in Minnesota, where Al Franken has apparently pulled into a two-vote lead. Results are day-to-day, but the Star-Tribune is predicting Franken will win out by fewer than 100 votes. BradBlog: As thousands of challenged ballots from both Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D) are being decided by the bi-partisan state canvassing board in the U.S. Senate race in MN, AP says it’s currently a 2 vote race in favor of Franken. That said, as all of the challenged ballots are finally counted over the next ...
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Coleman Seeks Court Order To Stop Vote Count
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — Here's the response from Norm Coleman's campaign to the big news today that the Minnesota state canvassing board sided with Al Franken on re-examining and counting wrongly-rejected absentee ballots: We're taking it to the state Supreme Court .
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powerlineblog.com 12/16/2008 — Tomorrow the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount convenes to consider challenged ballots that were excluded because of their disputed status from the recount. At the urging of the Canvassing Board, both the Coleman and Franken campaigns are ...
Minn. Supreme Court Sides With Coleman, Overturns Board
briefingroom.thehill.com 12/19/2008 — The Minnesota Supreme has sided with Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota's contested Senate race, handing down a ruling that largely excludes hundreds if not thousands of ballots Democrat Al Franken had sought to include in the recount.
The court in ...
Franken Camp Claims Victory Of Their Own In Minnesota Supremes' Decision
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/19/2008 — Here's the Franken campaign's response to today's state Supreme Court ruling on the issue of wrongly-rejected absentee ballots, presenting a different interpretation from what we had earlier. They say the court did go their way on a very key point -- ...
No, Coleman didn't win at the MN Supreme Court
dailykos.com 12/19/2008 — The Hill : Minn. Supreme Court Sides With Coleman, Overturns Board The Minnesota Supreme has sided with Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota's contested Senate race, handing down a ruling that largely excludes hundreds if not thousands of ballots ...
Minnesota Recount Follies —
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Both Al Franken and Norm Coleman got good news yesterday, as the courts continued to make up rules well after the election.
The Hill:
A state Supreme Court ruling, which may exclude hundreds of ballots that Al Franken (D) had sought to include in the recount, could help Sen. Norm Coleman (R) ...
Al Franken closes the gap on Coleman —
Crooks and Liars
Minnesota is wild .
In a ruling crucial to the disputed U.S. Senate election, the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday rejected an attempt by incumbent Norm Coleman to block the state Canvassing Board from counting improperly rejected absentee ballots.
However, the court ruled that the ...
Coleman's Lead Now Single Digits —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
In the seemingly endless recount in Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) now holds a single-digit lead over challenger Al Franken (D) in the state's U.S. Senate race, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune . Meanwhile, in a ruling crucial to the disputed election, the
Minnesota Supreme Court ...
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Weekly Standard Blog
Minnesota Supreme Court orders local election officials and the Franken and Coleman campaigns to agree upon a procedure for identifying and counting wrongly rejected absentee ballots.
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MN-Sen: MN Supreme Court complicates things —
Daily Kos
Bumped. SusanG Decision is here (PDF). The court has ruled that the two campaigns and local election officials need to come up with a procedure to count those improperly rejected absentee ballots, and then count them. Of course, what happens when a campaign stalls or withholds agreement, ...
Coleman Leading Franken By Single Digit —
Politics Daily
The Minnesota recount has turned in Franken's favor once again, as the challenged ballot review has brought the estimated Coleman lead to within two votes. Also this week, the State Supreme Court ruled against the Coleman campaign, allowing previously rejected absentee ballots to be reviewed ...
Recommended reading —
Majikthise
-The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear Norm Coleman's suit to stop improperly excluded ballots from being counted during the recount. Coleman's crew says that they admittedly improperly rejected ballots shouldn't count unless Coleman wins and Franken takes him to court . Totally logical. -Marc ...
Minnesota Supreme Court Takes Coleman/Franken Ballot Issue —
Politics Daily
AP : The court said Monday it will weigh whether to stop the sorting and counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots until clear instructions are handed down. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman petitioned the court to step in after the state board overseeing the recount recommended those ballots ...
VIDEO: Meet the Rejected Absentee Voters in MN —
The BRAD BLOG
These are some of the folks whose votes that democracy-hating Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) is going to the state Supreme Court to keep from being counted in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota...
The video, produced by challenger Al Franken's campaign, was described by the Coleman camp ...
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