firedoglake.com - 12/19/2008
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Ever since the evening of November 4, Norm Coleman and his surrogates have pushed two (2) themes: That he won the election fair and square with no recount needed, and that Evil Al Franken and his Icky Lawyers would, if a recount was allowed to happen, overwhelm and prolong the process with ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Mo’ Ballots, Mo’ Better
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 12/12/2008 — Big news on the recount front today, all of it very good for Al Franken.
Good News Story #1: Both the Minnesota Independent and The UpTake report that the 133 Minneapolis ballots from the U of M precinct that were machine-counted on November 4 ...
Minn. Supreme Court Sides With Coleman, Overturns Board
briefingroom.thehill.com 12/19/2008 — The Minnesota Supreme has sided with Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota's contested Senate race, handing down a ruling that largely excludes hundreds if not thousands of ballots Democrat Al Franken had sought to include in the recount.
The court in ...
AP: Minnesota Recount Will Drag Into Next Year
huffingtonpost.com 12/19/2008 — ST. PAUL, Minn. — With Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's lead shrinking to just two votes, the state board examining disputed ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is close to wrapping up its decisions on challenges.
However a key court ...
Amanda Carpenter: Franken's Temporary Lead
townhall.com 12/19/2008 — Norm Coleman doesn't want anyone to get too worried about the lead Al Franken has over him right now in the contentious recount for Minnesota's Senate seat. "By the time you receive this email, the temporary lead that...
Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 6 —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings The Star Tribune has Coleman up by 192 , while Minnesota's secretary of state has him up by 687. Why the significant difference? The former's count includes the pre-recount totals from Minneapolis Ward 1 Precinct 3, where 133 ballots are missing, whereas the ...
Recount Update: The Duplicate Ballot Issue —
Power Line
The recount in the Coleman-Franken Senate race is drawing to a close, and the result depends on the outcome of the motion that the Coleman team argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court (minus two of its members who are serving on the Canvassing Board) this afternoon. The motion relates to ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Coleman’s Hail Marys —
Firedoglake
Another day, another set of Hail Mary efforts by the Coleman campaign. They fared about as well as Norm's previous Hail Marys -- that is to say, not well at all.
First up was his bid to have 16 ballots that had been marked with an "X" pulled and reviewed by the state canvassing ...
"Lizard People" invade MN Senate Recount —
Crooks and Liars
The now famous "Lizard People" ballot was judged yesterday. Norm Coleman's challenge was duly rejected, and the Lizard People went to Al Franken. Thanks to the great work of the people at The Uptake we now have this moment recorded for posterity. Live --and strangely compelling-- streaming video ...
Franken Takes Lead in Recount —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Al Franken (D) took
a slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-NM) for the first time as Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount continues. Coleman's campaign issued this statement: "While varying headlines and a flurry of different numbers will
continue, we ...
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Brainster's Blog
Almost Time to Stop Counting That's the conclusion I suspect the media will reach pretty soon in the Coleman/Franken recount: Two votes are all that stands between Minnesota Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, according to the Associated Press tally in the state’s ...
Franken-Coleman Recount: Franken Takes the REAL Lead —
Firedoglake
Since the start of the recount Norm Coleman has tried so desperately to undermine , both campaigns -- first Coleman's, then Franken's -- have been playing the addition-by-(fake)subtraction game, using ballot challenges as the tool. But Coleman's challenges were, in addition to being more ...
Franken Passes Coleman In Recount —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports :
The intense scrutiny of "voter intent" resumed this morning by a five-member board charged with directing Minnesota's recount in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic rival Al Franken, and the first rush of ...
Franken Passes Coleman In Recount —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports :
The intense scrutiny of "voter intent" resumed this morning by a five-member board charged with directing Minnesota's recount in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic rival Al Franken, and the first rush of ...
Minnesota Recount Follies —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
Both Al Franken and Norm Coleman got good news yesterday, as the courts continued to make up rules well after the election.
The Hill:
A state Supreme Court ruling, which may exclude hundreds of ballots that Al Franken (D) had sought to include in the recount, could help Sen. Norm Coleman (R) ...
Will Dems get to 59? A Franken/Coleman update —
BlueOregon
While the rest of the U.S. Senate prepares to go into session in January, Minnesota waits to find out who their Senator will be: Al Franken or Norm Coleman. If Franken wins, that brings the number of Democrats in the U.S. Senate to 59.
Senate Guru has the numbers, and a rundown of how the ...
Coleman-Franken—”So What’s Next?” —
The Moderate Voice
In a late update (4:28PM, December 18), TPM Election Central reports, “Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line.”
If you are like me, your head is spinning from all the changes, reversals, close calls, twists and turns, updates, breaking news, etc., on ...
Coleman Leading Franken By Single Digit —
Politics Daily
The Minnesota recount has turned in Franken's favor once again, as the challenged ballot review has brought the estimated Coleman lead to within two votes. Also this week, the State Supreme Court ruled against the Coleman campaign, allowing previously rejected absentee ballots to be reviewed ...
Franken takes slim lead in early count —
CNN Political Ticker
As of Friday morning, Al Franken has a narrow lead over Sen. Norm Coleman, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
(CNN) — The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Democrat Al Franken took a slim lead over Republican Sen. Norm ...
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