news.yahoo.com - 1/11/2009
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With only a longshot court appeal standing in the way of Democrat Al Franken s election to the Senate, Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracing for the arrival of a new senator whose every utterance will sound like nails on a chalkboard to them. While Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) has ...
politico.com - 1/6/2009
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politico.com —
January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will
"never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered...
the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ...
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Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/8/2009
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
I've been reading through the lawsuit that Norm
Coleman has filed against the result of the Minnesota...
Senate race, and it's a marvelous thing. The complaint ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting ...
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Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
dailykos.com - 1/10/2009
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dailykos.com —
More great news for Norm Coleman, from our
new Research 2000 poll conducted on Thursday and Friday...
for Daily Kos (MOE 4%): Do you favor or oppose Norm Coleman's legal challenge to Al Franken's victory? FAVOR: 34% OPPOSE: 47% NOT SURE: 19% ...
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MN-Sen: Minnesotans Oppose Coleman Lawsuit, Favor ...
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GOP sees Franken as top public enemy
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Republican Party Chair Ron Carey, who cautioned that Colemans election challenge could still turn the results back his way. Its one thing to lose to an honorable opponent, but Al Franken is not considered an honorable opponent by Minnesota Republicans. Marty Seifert, the Republican leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives, said Frankens long record of antagonizing conservatives would make it difficult for him to connect with voters who supported Coleman. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/17233 CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER, YOU TURDS!!!! You lost. . .get over ...
Al Franken, Already an Unpopular Democrat?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Alexander Burns of Politico (featured Sunday on Yahoo!) sees no chance of Norm Coleman retaining his Senate seat, but he devoted an article to Al Franken’s unique position as a potential top-dollar fundraiser – for conservatives and Republicans. "With only a longshot court appeal standing in the way of Democrat Al Franken’s election to the Senate, Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracing for the arrival of a new senator whose every utterance will sound like nails on a chalkboard to them." Already, he’s a drag on the Democrats: ...
Getting To The Bottom Of Bush Regime Perfidy-- H.R. 104
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... It's mostly all going to be a big show, and primarily to discredit Holder and sow distrust of him with the public-- just in case he tries to do anything to pursue the kind of crime they live to protect. But because Reid seriously bungled the seating of Roland Burris (D-IL) and Al Franken (D-MN), Democrats ...
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powerlineblog.com 1/13/2009 — The Coleman-Franken Senate recount proceeded under the auspices of the State Canvassing Board constituted under Minnesota law . By virtue of holding the office of Minnesota Secretaty of State, Mark Ritchie served as the chairman of the State ...
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powerlineblog.com 12/11/2008 — In what may be one of the low points of modern political history, the Al Franken campaign has assembled a tear-jerker of a video, featuring Franken voters whose absentee ballots were allegedly rejected by mistake:
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powerlineblog.com 12/16/2008 — Tomorrow the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount convenes to consider challenged ballots that were excluded because of their disputed status from the recount. At the urging of the Canvassing Board, both the Coleman and Franken campaigns are ...
Franken Claims to Have Lead of 35-50 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com 12/22/2008 — Missed this story yesterday, but: Al Franken’s campaign is as close to declaring victory as it has throughout the weeks-long recount in the Minnesota Senate race. Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said he expects Franken to be leading Sen. Norm ...
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MINNESOTA: Here’s the latest in the Franken-Coleman recount, per the Minneapolis Star Tribune: “Coleman's legal team has begun pressing some Minnesota counties for documents on hundreds of thousands of ballots that were not previously disputed. The ...
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