fivethirtyeight.com - 12/19/2008
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With the Canvassing Board today having begun ruling on ballot challenges made by the Coleman campaign, we may now have a slightly better idea of where we stand in Minnesota's recount process. Through lunchtime today, by my highly unofficial count, Coleman has won 33 of his 265 challenges, or ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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Don't look now, but it looks like Al
Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series...
of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ...
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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...
startribune.com - 12/19/2008
google.com - 12/19/2008
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Coleman's lead down to 2 votes in Minn.
canvass By PATRICK CONDON 1 hour ago ST. PAUL,...
Minn. (AP) The tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken has become incredibly close with ...
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The Associated Press: Coleman's lead down to 2 votes ...
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Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... On the other hand, the board is now sifting through a much larger pile Coleman challenges--approximately 1,000 ballots, including 400 frivolous challenges that the campaign withdrew too late to be removed from the packets of ballots sent to the board. Once all of the withdrawn ballots are added to the totals, the race should tighten up. Nate Silver's (caveat-laden) projection puts Franken up by one vote after the board reviews the challenged ballots. ...
Slip sliding away
Power Line —
... on Coleman-challenged ballots yesterday. According to the Star Tribune, it is down to five votes. According to the AP, it is down to two.
Given the variables that go into the netting of the vote total, it is very difficult to tell where we are. The trend does not appear to favor Senator Coleman. To gauge some of the difficulties in figuring out where we are, take a look, for example, at John McCormack's "Is Al Franken trailing by just two votes?" and Nate Silver's "Minnesota lunchtime update: It's gonna be close."
Anticipating that Franken would take ...
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Report: Minnesota Senate race down to 5 votes —
CNN.com - Politics 12/19/2008
Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's unofficial lead over Democrat Al Franken shrank to five votes as a Minnesota Canvassing Board continued analyzing ballots from the November 4 Senate election, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Friday.
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