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powerlineblog.com - 12/4/2008
Minnesota Senate recount, update X
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This morning Kathryn Lopez asked me to update NRO's Corner readers on the Minnesota Senate recount. This was my report. Yesterday the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza updated the Minnesota Senate recount under heading "Counting Chaos!" Yet the text of his update mostly belied the heading ...

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Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a ... (more) Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
— huffingtonpost.com — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ... (more) Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

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MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!
voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/4/2008
MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!
— voices.washingtonpost.com — The Minnesota Senate race could end up being decided by a few dozen votes. (Photo -- Reuters/Eric Miller) As the manual recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken nears its conclusion, the... (more) MN-Senate: Counting Chaos!

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News — ... of a 1974 Senate recount in New Hampshire that was resolved by a revote. But Franken's campaign seems to be claiming a lead just to introduce uncertainty and to set the stage for litigation, according to Power Line's Scott Johnson . Obama hasn't lived up to his campaign talk about reaching out to Republicans since he's done nothing more than making the "token appointment" of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, writes In Transition's ...

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