nypost.com - 11/13/2008
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Last updated: 4:12 pm November 13, 2008 Posted: 4:03 pm November 13, 2008 IF Al Franken wins his Minnesota race, Democrats will get at least 58 US senators, giving them an effectively filibuster-proof majority. When Franken woke up on the day after the election, his GOP opponent, Sen. Norm ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/12/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Although it might seem like we've already covered
all the ground there is to cover on the
Minnesota recount process, we may be able to draw some additional lessons from Florida's recount experience in 2000. In 2001, the National Opinion Research ...
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Minnesota Recount: Number of Discrepancies May Be Low
powerlineblog.com - 11/14/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
The Al Franken is using a series of
lawsuits to try to bully the ex-comedian's way into
the United States Senate. So far, though, they aren't going too well. Franken has demanded that Minnesota counties give him lists of would-be voters whose ...
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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
twincities.com - 11/13/2008
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twincities.com —
Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign Saturday asked
a Ramsey County judge to stop the counting of
32 Minneapolis absentee ballots that were, according to the Coleman campaign, in a city election official's car Friday night. Ramsey County Chief ...
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Coleman campaign asks Ramsey County judge to halt count ...
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Stevens pollster: Begich will win
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... help Begich “increase his lead.”… Dittman believes early and absentee ballots, which compromise the approximately 40,000 votes left to count, will likely reflect Begichs’ overall advantage so far among those who took advantage of either process. Heavy early voting occurred in the period that directly followed Stevens’ conviction on seven felony counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms. Even if Coleman and Chambliss pull their races out — which seems unlikely — this would mean 58 blue seats with only centrist Republicans like Susan Collins, ...
What's happening in Minnesota? part 8
Power Line —
... John Lott originally explored this subject in a column posted on FOX News site. An important column, a revised and updated version appears today not in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press or any other Minnesota news venue. No, Lott's column appears -- where else? -- in the New York Post: ...
Al Franken Hires Six Lawyers Per Voter
Politics Daily —
... Aside from the number of lawyers, there are a host of numerical oddities in the swinging tally over the last few days. For example, from John Lott: ...
Coleman wins, Franken loses; recount begins tomorrow
Power Line —
... check the accuracy of voting machines."
There has as yet been no full accounting for the previous adjustments that resulted in the shrinking of Senator Coleman's margin from 725 votes on the morning of November 5 to the 206 votes that preceded any final adjustment. Some day perhaps the Minnesota media will get around to taking a look in the interest of a fullly informed citizenry.
Until that time, we will probably have to rely on the work of outside observers such as John Lott and Ed Lasky.
Given Senator Coleman's narrow margin of victory, the ...
Al Franken: The Vote Count is Meaningless
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Before the completion of the count and certification by the
state, the Franken team 'found' more votes for him than seems
possible,
based on the results in other races: ...
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Franken Camp: We're Doing Even Better Than Reported
huffingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — 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.
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Franken Lawyer: "We Are Going To Win"
huffingtonpost.com 12/3/2008 — The Franken campaign struck a tone of confidence on Tuesday, insisting that once the votes were counted the numbers will reveal that they had bested Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race.
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So What's the Deal with Franken?
corner.nationalreview.com 12/4/2008 — Yesterday the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza updated the Minnesota Senate recount under heading "Counting Chaos!" Yet the text of his update mostly belied the heading (and the exclamation mark).
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For Franken, a math problem
startribune.com 12/1/2008 — Challenged ballots may offer the Senate challenger a path to overtaking Coleman, but numbers indicate it would be a tough route.
Schumer: 60 'possible but unlikely' —
First Read 11/13/2008
From NBC's Abby LivingstonIn his mission to crush a GOP filibuster, DSCC Chairman Chuck Schumer feels the chance of 60 Democratic senators this cycle is “possible, but unlikely.”
Briefing reporters this afternoon, the New York senator gave the ...
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