hotair.com - 11/3/2008
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This morning, one of the first e-mails I opened was from the McCain campaign, claiming that the presidential race in my state had pulled into a dead heat. Sure , I thought — Minnesota barely has Norm Coleman ahead of Al Freakin’ Franken. [...] Read the rest »
startribune.com - 11/5/2008
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startribune.com —
One of the most bitter U.S. Senate races
in Minnesota history continued to grind on early this...
morning, with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and DFL challenger Al Franken locked in a race that remained too close to call. With 98 percent of the returns ...
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Coleman vs. Franken: Recount looms
commentarymagazine.com - 10/31/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
This is why it might happen. Not saying
it will. 1) One poll has undecided voters at...
14 percent on the last weekend, which means most of them probably really aren’t undecided, that they are either going to stay home or vote preponderantly for ...
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10 Reasons Why McCain Might Win
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Minnessota in Play ?(Kat-Mo)
Ace of Spades HQ —
Minnessota in Play ?(Kat-Mo) Since the comments are already going crazy, let me put up a little link to Hot Air North showing Minnessota within the margin of error . 60 hours until votes are counted in Minnesota, Barack Obamas advantage over John McCain is back inside the margin of sampling error, according to SurveyUSAs final look at one of 2008s most interesting states. Obama 49%, McCain 46%, in interviewing underwritten by KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, WDIO-TV Duluth and KAAL-TV Rochester, 10/30/08 through 11/01/08. Obama led by 6 two weeks ago, now by 3. The late break to the ...
Could McCain Win Minnesota?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Minnesotan Ed Morrisey got an email from Team McCain informing him that the state is “a dead heat” based on a Survey USA poll. Ed then cites some research that Obama is actually dragging Al Franken’s numbers down in the state and muses, “If McCain wins Minnesota, that puts a major dent in Obama’s presidential aspirations.” ...
The McCain Surge: Pipe Dreams or Prescience?
The Moderate Voice —
... My friend Ed Morrissey has apparently had a little bird whispering in his ear who is claiming that McCain may sneak up at the last moment and capture Minnesota from Obama. ...
Minnesota dreamin'
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings You gotta hand it to Republicans, some of them, wishful thinking fully on display, are still holding out hope in the face if imminent defeat, if not disaster. Take my friend Ed Morrissey, for example, one of the brightest of the bunch. At Hot Air today, Ed gleefully -- yet not without his characteristic sobriety -- points to a new Survey USA poll in his home state of Minnesota showing Obama up by just three points over ...
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Could McCain Win Minnesota?
outsidethebeltway.com 11/3/2008 — Minnesotan Ed Morrisey got an email from Team McCain informing him that the state is “a dead heat” based on a Survey USA poll. Ed then cites some research that Obama is actually dragging Al Franken’s numbers down in the state and ...
TAKING THE SENATE: Al Franken for Minnesota
culturekitchen.com 11/3/2008 — Minnesota is a key state in determining the make up of the US Senate this year. Incumbemt Norm Coleman is mired in several scandals for taking gifts, favors and vacations from lobbyists (explicitly against Senate ethics rules). His opponent, Al ...
Minnesota is the new Florida
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings Well, not exactly. I mean, it's not like the outcome of the presidential election depends on the outcome of Minnesota's Senate election or anything, but, still, the extremely close race between Republican Norm Coleman ...
Counting Minnesota & Watching the Watchers
bradblog.com 11/21/2008 — We've predicted since Election Day that Al Franken's chances of winning the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota are excellent. News tonight , out of the state where a manual count of the paper ballots began today, may already be bearing out that ...
TheHill.com
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ...
Minnesota Senate Recount, Update III
powerlineblog.com 11/22/2008 — The Senate recount continues in Minnesota; well over half of all ballots will have been recounted by the end of the day. Challenges are increasing from both campaigns and tempers seem to be fraying, with the campaigns holding dueling press ...
Can Coleman Win?
weeklystandard.com 1/6/2009 — Over the weekend, Al Franken's lead over Norm Coleman jumped to 225 votes after officials counted about 1,000 absentee ballots that had been wrongly rejected due to clerical errors. This afternoon, the Minnesota canvassing board certified that ...
Boehlert: Nothing funny about Star Tribune's treatment of Franken
mediamatters.org 10/25/2008 — The Minneapolis
Star Tribune closed the barn door
a little last week.
On Thursday, the newspaper's editor Nancy Barnes
distributed a newsroom memo
announcing that the paper's columnists should refrain from political commentary
until November 5. ...
Poll update: McCain on defense in Bush states —
CNN Political Ticker 11/3/2008
McCain is campaigning to defend several Bush states.
(CNN) – New CNN state polls of polls released on the final full day of the 2008 campaign show Barack Obama holding on to battleground states won by John Kerry four years ago – and tied with ...
McCain vs. Obama: A final round of polls —
First Read 11/3/2008
Here’s the Wall Street Journal on the new NBC/WSJ poll: “Sen. Barack Obama enters Election Day with a solid, though narrowing, lead over Sen. John McCain as both men sprint to the finish line of their long presidential race.”
Here’s our writeup ...
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