dailykos.com - 1/10/2009
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More great news for Norm Coleman, from our new Research 2000 poll conducted on Thursday and Friday for Daily Kos (MOE 4%): Do you favor or oppose Norm Coleman's legal challenge to Al Franken's victory? FAVOR: 34% OPPOSE: 47% NOT SURE: 19% Do you think the Senate seat should remain ...
politico.com - 1/6/2009
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politico.com —
January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will
"never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered...
the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ...
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Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/8/2009
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
I've been reading through the lawsuit that Norm
Coleman has filed against the result of the Minnesota...
Senate race, and it's a marvelous thing. The complaint ignores the existence of counter-evidence, employs one maneuver when it is self-benefiting ...
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Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won
powerlineblog.com - 1/7/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
The media coverage of the events related to
Minnesota's Senate election and subsequent recount has been so...
poor that it is difficult to determine what happened. The erosion of Senator Coleman's approximately 700 vote lead over Al Franken on November ...
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Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
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Saturday reading: ADN
Ben Smith's Blog —
... of how the intersection of officialdom, activists and the mainstream media works.
Alaska Daily News editors describe the difficulty of reporting out a weird, but not disproven, story, and says Palin is micharacterizing his paper.
Obama's first trip will not, as he'd suggested, be to a Muslim country, but rather to Canada. Bring Goolsbee!
Obama will honor McCain in a pre-inauguration dinner.
Durbin sends mixed messages.
Research 2000 finds Minnesotans sick of Coleman's challenge. (Not that it does, or should, matter ...
Minnesotans Want Franken Seated
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new Research 2000 poll in Minnesota finds a majority, 47% to 34%, oppose Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-MN) lawsuit challenging the recount in his race against Al Franken (D). ...
GOP's Spin On Coleman Reaches New Heights
TPM Election Central —
... Earlier tonight, I sent an e-mail to NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh asking him for comment on the new Research 2000 poll saying that 47% of Minnesota voters want Franken to be provisionally seated during the contest, compared to only 37% who prefer that the seat remain vacant. I expected him to say that the poll was commissioned by Daily Kos and therefore not credible. But that's not what he said. ...
GOP Spin On Minnesota Boggles The Mind
TPM Election Central —
... Earlier tonight, I sent an e-mail to NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh asking him for comment on the new Research 2000 poll saying that 47% of Minnesota voters want Franken to be provisionally seated during the contest, compared to only 37% who prefer that the seat remain vacant. I expected him to say that the poll was commissioned by Daily Kos and therefore not credible. But that's not what he said. ...
Poll: 52% of Illinoisans Oppose Seating Burris
TalkLeft —
... (Emphasis supplied.) By contrast, a plurality of Minnesotans support the seating of Al Franken. If all politics is local, then the questions of the political wisdom of seating Roland Burris has to be questioned. I oppose the seating of Burris on ethical grounds and believe the Constitution provides the Senate the legal power to judge the "return" of the tainted Blago appointment of Roland Burris. If and when Blago is removed from office and indicted and convicted, the politics of this will be even clearer. That will be closer to election day 2010. ...
Daily Kos Affirmations
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... A new Research 2000 poll conducted for Daily Kos shows a striking change in public opinion regarding the MN Sen. candidates since 11/4. Entertainer/almost-Sen. Al Franken (DFL) has seen his numbers improve -- particularly among Indies -- while quasi-ex-Sen. Norm Coleman (R) has experienced comparable declines. ...
Franken-Coleman Update, 01/17/09: Resisting the Mud
Firedoglake —
... In the meantime, Norm may want to rethink his "let's have a do-over" strategy. Daily Kos polling from last week shows that Al Franken would win the three-way contest if it were held again. ...
Gov. Pawlenty must certify Al Franken, and Coleman needs to concede
Crooks and Liars —
... In mid-January, Research 2000 did a poll for the liberal Daily Kos Web site that showed that 34 percent of Minnesotans supported Coleman going forward with a legal challenge to the results while 47 percent opposed such a move. (Yes, we know that the poll was conducted for a liberal blog but Research 2000 is generally regarded as a reputable firm in the polling community.) ...
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Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?
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minnpost.com 1/8/2009 — Senate recount: It's unlikely Coleman will win in court
By Eric Black | Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Norm Coleman's statement announcing that he would contest the election result struck the right tone. But it seems unlikely that the courts will ...
In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
fivethirtyeight.com 1/3/2009 — UPDATE (9:48 AM): The state will now begin counting the ballots; see The Uptake for live video coverage. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Coleman's petition, nor was the recount team in St. Paul willing to delay the counting until it heard from ...
Franken Senate Victory Projected
huffingtonpost.com 12/19/2008 — Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded him a host of challenged votes during deliberations on Thursday.
As of 8PM ET, the Minneapolis Star ...
MN-Sen: Good morning for Franken
dailykos.com 12/18/2008 — From the Uptake : Morning numbers in total (votes, not challenges): Franken 210, Coleman 11, Other 46. %s: Franken 78.65, Coleman 4.11, Other 17.23. Remaining ballots: 733. Applying above %s to 733: Franken 577, Coleman 30, Other 126. Franken ...
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — 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 ...
Downballot: Paterson on Caroline —
First Read 1/9/2009
MINNESOTA: "Senate Democratic leaders won't shut the door on the possibility of seating Democrat Al Franken before the state of Minnesota issues a certificate declaring a winner in the race," writes CQ. "Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday ...
Downballot: Coleman's wide net —
First Read 1/12/2009
MINNESOTA: Here’s the latest in the Franken-Coleman recount, per the Minneapolis Star Tribune: “Coleman's legal team has begun pressing some Minnesota counties for documents on hundreds of thousands of ballots that were not previously disputed. The ...
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