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GOP, Feeling Left Out, May Refuse to Seat a Senator
blogs.villagevoice.com - 1/2/2009
GOP, Feeling Left Out, May Refuse to Seat a Senator
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It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to ...
startribune.com - 1/5/2009
Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ballots
— startribune.com — The ruling clears the way for election officials to certify results showing Democrat Al Franken in the... lead. The Coleman campaign says it plans a post-recount legal challenge (more) Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ...

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startribune.com - 1/4/2009
Recount is done; Franken up by 225
— startribune.com — The focus turns to the state Supreme Court, which is considering a request from Coleman's camp on... adding more absentee ballots. (more) Recount is done; Franken up by 225

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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/6/2009
Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
— fivethirtyeight.com — The Wall Street Journal is bar none one of the best newspapers in the country -- except... when its Editorial Board is having a bad day. And today the Board is having a very bad day, having published an editorial that declares Al Franken's provisional ... (more) Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?

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Lawyers, Guns and Money:  Deep Thought

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alicublog — ... Meanwhile there's another tsimmis over the seating of a maybe-Senator, Al Franken in this case. You can observe the Republican message discipline at work in ...

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Lawyers, Guns and Money — I'm guessing that the percentage of Republican Senators who 1)will refuse to seat Al Franken and encourage Norm Coleman to pursue months of futile lawsuits and 2)who complained that Al Gore was a "sore loser" for not conceding after Fox News called Florida for Bush is roughly 100%.

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