huffingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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Aides to Al Franken told reporters on Thursday afternoon that their chances of winning a recount election against Norm Coleman looked far more positive than even Wednesday evening's optimistic reports suggest.
Speaking to reporters in person and on phone, Marc Elias, the Franken campaign's ...
Coleman-Franken Isn’t Florida 2000 —
California Conservative
Some national media types are trying to make it sound like the Coleman-Franken recount sound like Florida 2000. It’s time to deflate that myth. The minute that public hears that someone has to determine voter intent, they first flash back to Florida’s butterfly ballots, then think ...
Coleman Has Very Good Day In Minnesota Recount —
TPM Election Central
GOP Sen. Norm Coleman had a good day in today's round of the Minnesota recount, wiping out about two thirds of the gains that Al Franken had made so far in this never-ending roller-coaster of an election.
According to the latest numbers collected by the Star Tribune , Coleman is ahead by ...
The Recount PR Game —
California Conservative
Friday’s news that Team Franken had challenged 51 ballots in Meeker County to 7 challenges by the Coleman campaign highlights the high stakes PR game that Team Franken is playing with the recount.
I posted here that I was part of the Krueger-Fobbe recount of ballots in Morrison County. ...
Norm Coleman: "I'm A Winner" —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman broke his silence on the recount in Minnesota's election for the seat he holds today, saying "I'm a winner" and predicting that most of the mounting number of challenged ballots -- including his campaign's apparently -- will be dismissed.
Of the Coleman and Al Franken ...
Norm Coleman: "I'm A Winner" —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman broke his silence on the recount in Minnesota's election for the seat he holds today, saying "I'm a winner" and predicting that most of the mounting number of challenged ballots -- including his campaign's apparently -- will be dismissed.
Of the Coleman and Al Franken ...
Minnesota Senate Recount —
Rathergate.com
Minnesota Public Radio has, on their web site, images of some of the contested ballots in the State’s U.S. Senate election between Senator Norm Coleman and surly clown Al Franken. It is bizarre, and I’d disqualify them all, except for the one selecting The Lizard People.
Check it ...
MN-Sen: Getting closer still —
Daily Kos
They're counting away. The latest : By the end of the day Wednesday, the mandatory statewide recount -- triggered when the Election Day results gave Coleman a lead of less than 0.5 percent -- slashed Franken's deficit from 215 votes to 174, with about 18 percent of the ballots having been ...
Franken-Coleman Recount Update: Is That Toast I Smell? —
Firedoglake
CNN screengrab via youtube.com
The recanvassing is done, the initial vote tally was certified, and now the full recount has begun for the 2008 US Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken.
So far, things are looking good for Al. As Nate ...
Cast your own votes on the recount —
Betsy's Page
You can check out these ballots that the Coleman and Franken campaigns are challenging in the recount. It really demonstrates how silly these things have gotten when the Franken campaign challenges a clear vote for Coleman because the voter erased the Franken oval and filled in the Coleman oval. ...
Minnesota Recount Begins with Coleman Lead —
Politics Daily
Today the official recount begins in the Minnesota Senate race between incumbent Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken. The recount was triggered by the narrowness of the margin between the two candidates on election night. The margin narrowed significantly, not to mention questionably, over ...
Coleman To Be Certified Winner Over Failed Comedian —
JammieWearingFool
Of course, the angry, failed comedian and failed radio host will get a recount, so there's still time to steal the election.DFLer Al Franken asked Monday to have rejected absentee ballots be considered in the U.S. Senate election results that are to be certified today by a state board, a move ...
Franken-Coleman Update: On to the Recount! —
Firedoglake
Norm Coleman and his GOP stooges and fellow travelers at FOX and other media outlets knew full well that they couldn't stop the recount. So they're trying to lob false smears against it in order to undermine Al Franken's victory should he win ( which got to be a lot more likely as Coleman's ...
Minnesota recount could get ugly —
CNN Political Ticker
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — The Senate campaign in Minnesota between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken was considered to be quite nasty, with attack ads and angry statements by both sides. Now, it seems ...
Minnesota Senate... that close —
First Read
From NBC's Jeff Hanley Minnesota still remains one of the three states with an undecided Senate race. Currently, incumbent Republican Norm Coleman leads challenger Al Franken by a mere 215 votes in a race where more than 2.9 million ballots ...
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