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powerlineblog.com - 1/22/2009
Count every vote, Republican style
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When the canvas of local tallies was completed by local election officials after election day, Al Franken trailed Norm Coleman by roughly the same number of votes that Coleman trails Franken following the recount (225). Some twelve thousand absentee ballots had been excluded for noncompliance ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/17/2009
Is Coleman's Goal a Do-Over?
— fivethirtyeight.com — Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. And maybe, Norm Coleman is hoping, elections in Minnesota.... Call it a hunch, but a couple of recent articles suggest that Norm Coleman's goal might not be to pull ahead of Al Franken outright, but ... (more) Is Coleman's Goal a Do-Over?

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/16/2009
Provocation of The Day: Coleman Could Still Win
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — In some ways, Al Franken's 225 vote lead the Minnesota Senate race is an illusory number. That's... his margin after the state canvassing board completed its recount. Why isn't he in the Senate? Thank Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Senate Majority Leader ... (more) Provocation of The Day: Coleman Could Still Win

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Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/23/2009
Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — At a pre-trial hearing in the Minnesota election lawsuit just now, Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton made a... striking accusation: That the Coleman campaign has been doctoring evidence. As an example, Hamilton showed two photocopies of a rejected ... (more) Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence

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Reid: Were Going to Try to Seat Al Franken
The BRAD BLOG — ... who offers a trip through the latest weeds on this for those interested.) Even the whacked out, wingnut propagandists at Powerline , who ...

Coleman's Continuing Comedy of Errors: Days 2 & 3 at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN
The BRAD BLOG — ... When even the unapologetic, rightwing, "Franken is stealing the election!" nutcases and conspiracy theorists at Powerline describe Coleman's legal case as being of "Three Stooges quality", you know these guys must really be falling apart. ...

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