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GOP Still Forwarding MN Conspiracy Theories in U.S. Senate Election, Corporate Media Lends a Destructive Hand
bradblog.com - 11/18/2008
GOP Still Forwarding MN Conspiracy Theories in U.S. Senate Election, Corporate Media Lends a Destructive Hand
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Of all the shameful behavior by the Republicans during this last election cycle, the National Republican Senatorial Conspiratorial Committee's continuing baseless charges that Al Franken and the Democrats are trying to "steal" the U.S. Senate election in Minnesota has to be near the top of a ...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Art Levine: While GOP Smears Franken Vote, Will Obama Help Repair Election System?

powerlineblog.com - 11/18/2008
Coleman wins, Franken loses; recount begins tomorrow
— powerlineblog.com — Norm Coleman will be certified the winner of the contest for Minnesota's Senate seat by the state Canvassing Board today. Yesterday the Franken campaign asked the board not to certify the result until certain rejected absentee ballots are included in ... (more) Coleman wins, Franken loses; recount begins tomorrow

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Board confirms Coleman-Franken vote, triggering recount
startribune.com - 11/18/2008
Board confirms Coleman-Franken vote, triggering recount
— startribune.com — Sen. Norm Coleman's lead is officially 215 votes. The recount will begin Wednesday morning, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said. (more) Board confirms Coleman-Franken vote, triggering recount

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rollcall.com - 11/18/2008
Franken Camp Wants State to Delay Vote Certification
— rollcall.com — With the State Canvassing Board set to certify the results in Minnesota's unresolved Senate race Tuesday, the campaign of comedian Al Franken (D) has asked the board not to officially call the race until the votes of several voters who cast absentee ... (more) Franken Camp Wants State to Delay Vote Certification

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Art Levine: While GOP Smears Franken Vote, Will Obama Help Repair Election System?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... continues apace, with the GOP launching new smears against Democrats and Senate candidate Al Franken for alleged voter fraud in the razor-thin race against incumbent Norm Coleman. The latest ...

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bradblog.com 11/21/2008 — With just over 40% of the ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, the gap has now shrunk to just 129 votes at the end of the second day of counting. According to tonight's ...
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bradblog.com 12/13/2008 — We've been on the road for several weeks, and haven't been able to report on the day-to-day details of the hand-count of the razor-thin U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D). Happily, the ...
What's happening in Minnesota? part 8
powerlineblog.com 11/14/2008 — Al Franken is waging a campaign to overturn the results of Minnesota's Senate election based on a series of deceitful allegations. On this score the fraudulent sob story involving the 84-year-old stroke victim whose ballot was supposedly rejected ...
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com 11/23/2008 — As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state's recount process. An analysis of ...
Counting Minnesota & Watching the Watchers
bradblog.com 11/21/2008 — We've predicted since Election Day that Al Franken's chances of winning the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota are excellent. News tonight , out of the state where a manual count of the paper ballots began today, may already be bearing out that ...
It's What Republicans Do
seeingtheforest.com 11/22/2008 — Story Number One: It's an amazingly close election The Franken-Coleman election is freakishly close. The first semi-official report showed a spread of 700 votes out of 2.9 million (less than three...
Amid Epidemic of Challenges, Coleman Appears to Expand Lead
fivethirtyeight.com 11/23/2008 — According to the latest counts provided by the Star Tribune and the Minnesota Secretary of State , Republican Norm Coleman appears to have expanded his narrow lead over Al Franken on Day 4 of the recount process. The Star Tribune now puts Coleman's ...
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
fivethirtyeight.com 11/10/2008 — Votes counted in Minnesota's senate race: 2,833,089 Votes separating Norm Coleman and Al Franken: 221 Determining a candidate's odds of winning a recount is a function of three parameters. The first parameter is the margin separating the leading and ...
Franken Takes Lead in MN Senate Race
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/23/2008 — When Republican Norm Coleman won the election by 725 votes on election day you knew this senate seat was lost. Sure enough- It looks like Al Franken may sneak out a win in Minnesota. How sad. The Minnesota Canvassing Board claimed this vote is  ...
Franken camp inquires about absentees — First Read 11/17/2008
From NBC's Abby LivingstonThere is a new development in the photo finish that is the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. Today, the Franken campaign filed a brief with the Minnesota State Canvassing Board to learn why some absentee ballots were rejected and ...
Democrats to keep Lieberman in their ranks: aides (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/17/2008
Reuters - Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, party sources ...
Democrats to keep Lieberman in their ranks: aides — Reuters: Politics 11/17/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, ...
Franken not ruling out asking for postponed recount — CNN Political Ticker 11/18/2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — Democrat Al Franken's campaign made yet another attempt Monday to have certain rejected absentee ballots thrown into the mix when the recount officially commences Wednesday. They've now taken their argument ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, battling a life-threatening brain tumor, returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since July and pledged to work next year to expand health care for all Americans.