nypost.com - 1/6/2009
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Last updated: 11:24 am January 6, 2009 Posted: 2:29 am January 6, 2009 YESTERDAY, the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount in Minnesota's Senate election declared Democrat Al Franken the winner over incumbent Norm Coleman - by 225 votes out of nearly 3 million cast. Despite Franken's ...
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
dailykos.com - 1/10/2009
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dailykos.com —
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% ...
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MN-Sen: Minnesotans Oppose Coleman Lawsuit, Favor ...
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The fat lady hasn't sung in Minnesota
Power Line —
... I offer a Reader's Digest-style condensed version of the issues in the New York Post column "No one's laughing amid all these doubts." Bottom line: ...
Get to Work, Big Man
American Thinker —
Mr. Moore has a big, fat target for Act I of a new documentary, that of comedian Al Franken. Mr. Moore would do well hit the beach in St. Paul and get to the bottom of exactly how entrenched ACORN is in Minnesota, what impact their illegal voter registration drive has had on Mr. Franken's tally, and the influence the partisan secretary of state has had in the recounting ...
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