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Insults Fly Ahead Of Minnesota Election Trial
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/26/2009
Insults Fly Ahead Of Minnesota Election Trial
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One thing is clear going into today's election trial in Minnesota: The Franken and Coleman camps really don't like each other. Yesterday, the Coleman team posted a YouTube promoting their new push to have the rejected absentee ballots reviewed yet another time -- their current goal is to ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/27/2009
Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — We have seen the best thing that Norm Coleman's legal team has done so far in this... election trial -- and it ain't pretty. This afternoon the Coleman team was bringing in rejected absentee voters to show that their ballots were improperly tossed. ... (more) Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire

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Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/23/2009
Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — At a pre-trial hearing in the Minnesota election lawsuit just now, Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton made a... striking accusation: That the Coleman campaign has been doctoring evidence. As an example, Hamilton showed two photocopies of a rejected ... (more) Franken Legal Team: Coleman Is Doctoring Evidence

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Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash
mnpublius.com - 1/28/2009
Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash
— mnpublius.com — Today, Team Coleman’s blogger at MDE, Ryan Flynn, posted a tidbit today: “THOUSANDS OF HITS CRASH COLEMAN WEBSITE” ST... PAUL – Information recently added to the Coleman for Senate website, whereby people can find out which Minnesota ... (more) Team Coleman Fakes Website Crash

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Minnesota Recount Turned Over to Judges

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Minnesota Recount Turned Over to Judges
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... TPM: "One thing is clear going into today's election trial in Minnesota: The Franken and Coleman camps really don't like each other." ...

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