huffingtonpost.com - 12/24/2008
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The possible, perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP officials into a paranoid tizzy.
In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of "working feverishingly [sic] to steal the Minnesota ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/24/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Norm Coleman just got a Christmas present from
the Minnesota Supreme Court: A giant lump of coal.
In a unanimous decision handed down just now, the state Supremes denied Coleman any relief in a lawsuit he was waging to deal with allegations of ...
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Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, ...
startribune.com - 12/22/2008
foxnews.com - 12/22/2008
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foxnews.com —
Minnesota's Canvassing Board, in trying to divine the
intentions of voters in the state's U.S. Senate race,
will leave long lasting questions about the legitimacy of any win
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John Lott: Ballot Madness in Minnesota
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Franken-Coleman Update: Coleman’s Hail Marys
Firedoglake —
... , has put out a red-alert dollar beg to the Republican Party faithful. He'll need it, and not just for the recount -- the Kazeminy situation still looms over him. ...
The End Finally Nears in Coleman/Franken Race
The BRAD BLOG —
... is the reigning fraudster-in-chief) is freaking out, and retreading their panicked last minute lies about a stolen election in MN, as Sam Stein reports at HuffPo: ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/19/2008 — This is fuzzy, fuzzy math, but with Norm Coleman again converting only a very low percentage of his challenges in counting this morning, I am now projecting a Franken lead of something like 40 votes after all challenged ballots -- including ballot ...
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Franken holds lead, but it's not over —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/23/2008
With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final count, however, showed no sign of being settled soon.
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