tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
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The Franken team likes their odds. That's the message today from a Franken campaign briefing with reporters, as the Franken team faces the important task of projecting confidence and bolstering the optimism of their own supporters who are working at the recount precincts throughout the state. ...
startribune.com - 11/20/2008
startribune.com - 11/20/2008
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startribune.com —
The Great Minnesota Recount kicked off Wednesday with
masses of volunteers for Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman
and Democratic challenger Al Franken moving into a fresh phase of the struggle: eyeballing the first of 2.9 million ballots, ready to ...
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Recount: Norm Coleman’s lead over Al Franken shrinks
nypost.com - 11/20/2008
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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 -...
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SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
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Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 1
The Reaction —
... According to Eric Kleefeld at TPM, the Franken campaign is "feeling good about the recount," both because the recount will be "[moving] into more pro-Franken precincts" and because, in the words of Franken's lead lawyer, many of Coleman's challenges are "clearly non-meritorious, and will not be upheld by the canvass board." ...
Franken Narrows Coleman’s Lead in Minnesota Senate Recount
The Moderate Voice —
... According to Eric Kleefeld at TPM, the Franken campaign is “feeling good about the recount,” both because the recount will be “[moving] into more pro-Franken precincts” and because, in the words of Franken’s lead lawyer, many of Coleman’s challenges are “clearly non-meritorious, and will not be upheld by the canvass board.” ...
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/21/2008
Politico - ... now separate Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken, with 46 percent of the 2.9 million ballots recounted in the too-close-to-call Minnesota Senate race. Franken so far has gained a net of 79 votes on Coleman.
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