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Franken Camp Fires Back At GOP's Massive Campaign Of "Vague And Baseless Claims"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/22/2008
Franken Camp Fires Back At GOP's Massive Campaign Of "Vague And Baseless Claims"
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Even as the recount in the super-tight Minnesota Senate race grinds on, the GOP has been running a campaign of what the Franken camp claims are massive falsehoods about the vote count -- assertions that have been repeated by multiple news outlets. Now the Franken campaign has fired back, ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/23/2008
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
— fivethirtyeight.com — As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state's recount process. An analysis of ... (more) Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes

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Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
startribune.com - 11/24/2008
Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
— startribune.com — Blog: The Big Question Here’s one way to send a protest with your ballot This Anoka County voter was clearly ready for the end of campaign season. This ballot has an almost poetic quality. In case you have trouble reading it, the poem goes like this, ... (more) Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news

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nypost.com - 11/20/2008
SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
— nypost.com — Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota's Senate election. Soros - the hedge-fund honcho and sugar daddy of the Democratic Party -... (more) SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN

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The Hollywood Liberal — Franken Camp Fires Back At GOP’s Massive Campaign Of “Vague And Baseless Claims” Even as the recount in the super-tight Minnesota Senate race grinds on, the GOP has been running a campaign of what the Franken camp claims are massive falsehoods about the vote count — assertions that have been repeated by multiple… This entry was posted on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 5:36 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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