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Minnesota Recount
From The New York Times’s The Caucus Blog : Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who dipped into his own deep pockets to help finance his presidential bid, has directed $5,000 from his “Free and Strong America” political action committee to aid the recount effort Senator Norm Coleman of ...
Mischief in Minnesota?
Mischief in Minnesota?
online.wsj.com — You'd think Democrats would be content with last week's electoral rout. But judging from the odd doings in Minnesota, some in their party wouldn't mind adding to their jackpot by stealing a Senate seat for left-wing joker Al Franken. When Minnesotans ... (more) Mischief in Minnesota?
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
fivethirtyeight.com — 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 ... (more) Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud - Opinion
foxnews.com — Monday, November 10, 2008 By John R. Lott Jr. Minnesota is becoming to 2008 politics what Florida was in 2000 or Washington State in 2006 -- a real mess. The outcome will determine whether Democrats get 58 members of the U.S. Senate, giving them an ... (more) Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud - Opinion
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Vin Weber, John Randall
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... will talk more about the new Minnesota Recount site, as well as the run-off election in Georgia and the wait on the Alaskan election to see whether the GOP will retain that seat. Now you can join the conversation in the chat room! Be sure to register at Ustream to participate in our raucous live-chat sessions. (And if the log-in prompt doesn’t come up in the chat box below, use ...

In MN, Conspiracy Dogs Won't Hunt
The Atlantic Politics Channelhttp://minnesotarecount.com/ That's a new blog started by Republicans to keep watch on what they call "shenanigans" perpetrated by Democrats as the Minnesota Senate recount proceeds. They're particularly focused on the way that the results from the re-canvass -- as distinct from the recount -- keep trending in one direction. But there is precedent: in 2006, Republican Senate candidate Mark Kennedy lost 3,500 votes and Democrat Amy Klobuchar lost only 600. (Historically, the canvass tallies this cycle are more accurate than in the past.) ...

National Republican Party Claims 'Stolen Election' in Minnesota's U.S. Senate Race
The BRAD BLOG — ... ) has now gone so far as to set up a "Minnesota Recount" conspiracy theory blog. The site is devoted to the advancement of making and reposting unsubstantiated claims from around the wingnut 'sphere --- and that would include liar John Fund's Wall Street Journal --- that Al Franken and the Democrats are in the process of "stealing" the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota... ...

Republicans Prove Once Again That They Don't Want Votes Counted
Daily Kos — ... moves began the day after the election when Norm Coleman declared himself the winner and laughably suggested that Al Franken forego any recount, and now, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has set up a website for "keeping a watchful eye" on the recount. ...

11/14: Senators In The Spotlight
Blogometer — ... of being a Franken shill. In yet another indication of the growing influence of bloggers, the NRSC is featuring a number of these blog posts on a new website they created in order to keep "a watchful eye on Minnesota's Senate recount." LIEBERMAN: Bayh Wants An Apology Liberal bloggers are discussing Bayh's recent appearance on Rachel Maddow 's MSNBC show, in which Bayh ...

GOP Still Forwarding MN Conspiracy Theories in U.S. Senate Election, Corporate Media Lends a Destructive Hand
The BRAD BLOG — ... Though the last post on their conspiracy website was made on Friday --- so perhaps that signals they're getting the message --- all of it still remains there, as unretracted garbage, even after Pawlenty himself has now acknowledged it as such. But the RNSC isn't the only bad actors here. So are the networks, cable channels and even the New York Times... ...

Franken Gains on Coleman Again on Day 2 of U.S. Senate Race Hand Count in MN
The BRAD BLOG — ... Incredibly, the Republican National Senatorial Committee is still updating their shameful conspiracy theory website, which has claimed, since it was ...

Every Vote Matters in MN's U.S. Senate Hand-Count. Every. Single. One.
The BRAD BLOG — ... Receiving the most votes is beside the point for the GOP, however. They have proven themselves willing to do anything to win. If you have any question about that, go see their shameful, official "Minnesota Recount" website where they ...

GOP Chair Michael Steele: 'Franken Stealing Coleman's Senate Seat'
The BRAD BLOG — ... last year after the election, specifically to repost unsupported propaganda, and allegations from around the web, charging that Franken was in the process of "stealing" the MN election. That embarrassing website, once found at MinnesotaRecount.com has been replaced with a page claiming the site to be "Temporary Unavailable" for the last several months, ever since Coleman's contest began. ...

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politicalwire.com 11/6/2008 — The Associated Press "is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race." Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)  finished ahead of Al Franken (D) "early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. That law ...
In Minnesota Recount, Both Candidates are Losers
fivethirtyeight.com 11/20/2008 — And I mean literally. The Minnesota recount has started, with the results being updated in semi-real time on the Star Tribune's webpage . Thus far, with about 4 percent of the ballots recounted, Coleman has lost 30 votes and Franken has lost 39. I'm ...
Minnesota recount goes on . . . and on . . .
miamiherald.com 12/24/2008 — At a recent hearing over the Senate vote recount in his state, Justice Paul Anderson of the Minnesota Supreme Court apparently took umbrage when an attorney suggested that the prolonged dispute was turning into a debacle along the lines of the Florida ...
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Minnesota Recount: Getting around the safeguards
hotair.com 11/10/2008 — Earlier, I wrote that Minnesota has a good, solid voting system based on the optical-scan ballot. The system allows precincts to remove human intervention in the count, electronically transmitting the totals from each precinct to the Secretary of ...
Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
startribune.com 11/24/2008 — Blog: The Big Question Here’s one way to send a protest with your ballot This Anoka County voter was clearly ready for the end of campaign season. This ballot has an almost poetic quality. In case you have trouble reading it, the poem goes like this, ...
Minnesota Recount: Good news/bad news
hotair.com 11/26/2008 — We’ll start with the good news in the Minnesota Recount, at least from Norm Coleman’s perspective. The expected gain for Al Franken in the heavily DFL counties of Hennepin (Minneapolis) and Ramsey (St. [...] Read the rest »
Franken Campaign Pushes to Expand Minnesota Recount
blogs.wsj.com 11/26/2008 — Brad Haynes reports on the election. With the manual recount winding up in Minnesota’s Senate race, Al Franken ’s campaign is pressing election officials to take a closer look at many more ballots. Franken’s top lawyer, Marc Elias , ...
Latest tally in Minn. Senate: 204-vote difference (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/10/2008
AP - The margin in Minnesota's unresolved Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has gotten tighter.
204-vote difference in Minnesota Senate racemsnbc.com: Politics 11/10/2008
The margin in Minnesota's unresolved Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has gotten tighter.
Coleman camp declares victory again, but race is far from overCNN Political Ticker 11/11/2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — For the second time in a week, Republican incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman's camp is labeling him the winner in Minnesota's far-from-over Senate race. Coleman leads Democratic challenger Al Franken by just 206 votes as ...
Tensions High in Minnesota Ahead of Senate RecountFOXNews.com 11/11/2008
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken head into a mandatory recount in the Minnesota Senate race next week. 
Minnesota Senate race never-ending campaign (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/12/2008
AP - There are no voters left to persuade. But as Minnesota's U.S. Senate race heads toward a statewide recount, the bare-knuckle fight between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken continues like Election Day had never come and gone.