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minx.cc - 12/2/2008
Franken Ahead by 4000 Votes???
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Nice Deb notices the update at Minnesota's secretary of state site has this unwelcome surprise. I think that might just be a glitch, though, as most people seem to think Franken's behind and staying there. I'm hoping "Typo." If you...
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a ... (more) Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
— huffingtonpost.com — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ... (more) Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

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ace.mu.nu - 12/5/2008
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— ace.mu.nu — « Franken Walkback: I'm Ahead by 10 Votes, But Only If Those 133 "Missing" Votes Are Found | Main | Terrorist Who Plotted to Bomb LAX Refuses to Cooperate Further With Prosecutors, as His Deal Required; Judge Refuses to Sentence Him to Longer Term » ... (more) Comments 12-04-08
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No Runny Eggs:  Franken leading? Not so fast.

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Franken leading? Not so fast.
No Runny Eggs — (H/T - Nice Deb via Ace) If one takes a look at the DFL (that’s big-D Democratic for those of us outside the land of 10,000 lakes) Minnesota Secretary of State incomplete unofficial numbers for the Senate recount between Republican Norm Coleman and DFL’er Al Franken, one would assume that Franken took a 4,108-vote lead. Meanwhile, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, showing a few more votes recounted, has Coleman with a 340-vote lead. Allow me to throw the bullshit flag at the DFL SecState before Harry Reid takes a gander at that and ...

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Minnesota Board Sides Against Franken — The Page by Mark Halperin
The Democrat loses his bid Wednesday to have certain absentee ballots counted in his Senate race. As of Tuesday night, Coleman leads Franken by 238 votes.       
Minnesota Recount Update, Not Optimistic — Open Left - Front Page
Norm Coleman now leads Al Franken by 231 votes according to the Star Tribune which is 16 more than he started with prior to the recounting. Of course the "real" margin has been almost entirely obscured by the more than 3,600 challenges lodged by the two campaigns. Nevertheless, I am not ...
Mini-Sota Update, Day 6 — FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
The rates of challenged ballots keep on rising, with a gap opening up between the Coleman and the Franken campaigns: The reward for his hard work? Coleman now leads by 238 votes -- a larger margin than when he started the recount -- according to the Minnesota Secretary of State . As before, ...