tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/1/2009
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Here's a fun dose of schadenfreude .
Sen.-elect Al Franken's (D-MN) long-awaited victory in the 2008 Minnesota Senate race seems to have caused quite a lot of stress in the Murdoch-owned press. Remember, this is the same corporation that sued him for his Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell ...
online.wsj.com - 7/1/2009
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online.wsj.com —
The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al
Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race,
and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat. The unfortunate lesson ...
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The 'Absentee' Senator
thinkprogress.org - 7/1/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court
declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state’s
U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “ clown .” In the course ...
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Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken’s a ‘clown.’
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Deep Denial
Talking Points Memo —
Murdoch media blow gasket over Franken victory.
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... balks, House progressives should make sure to kill any such effort. It should be clear to Obama that unless he wants a failed health care reform initiative under his belt, a la Bill Clinton, he'll have to go to the mat for the public option. Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Les Otten proves how Republicans have no new ideas: rips off Obama logo: Wall Street Journal editorial board lives in fantasy land. And lies. "Mr. Franken now goes to the Senate having effectively stolen an ...
WSJ Whackos in Denial: 'Franken Stole It (and So Did Gregoire in '04!)'
The BRAD BLOG —
... In response, we'll associate ourselves with TPM's Eric Kleefeld's take on it, calling it "an essay that is so full of factual errors and distortions about what happened, it can drive you nuts if you'd spent countless hours following all the gritty details like I did." ...
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A couple things ...
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As long as he was going to run for governor and had ...
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