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Editorial: Court review is key in Senate recount
Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
politico.com — January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered... the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ... (more) Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
powerlineblog.com — The media coverage of the events related to Minnesota's Senate election and subsequent recount has been so... poor that it is difficult to determine what happened. The erosion of Senator Coleman's approximately 700 vote lead over Al Franken on November ... (more) Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
fivethirtyeight.com — The Wall Street Journal is bar none one of the best newspapers in the country -- except... when its Editorial Board is having a bad day. And today the Board is having a very bad day, having published an editorial that declares Al Franken's provisional ... (more) Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
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The fat lady hasn't sung in Minnesota
Power Line — ... The issues raised by the Coleman campaign are legitimate. Resolving them has been expressly reserved by the board and the state Supreme Court for the election contest - the final stage of Minnesota's election process. They do not constitute the complaints of a sore loser. Nov. 5 wasn't long ago. It was the day when Al Franken demanded that every vote be counted (once). But it's already ancient history in Minnesota. Today's Star Tribune carries a fair editorial on the election contest. John McCormack's "Can Coleman win?" is also ...

The latest on the Franken/Coleman contest
Sister Toldjah — ... that need to be resolved. Even the liberal Star Tribune supports Coleman’s legal challenges in the interest that every vote is counted. ...

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