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politico.com - 11/19/2008
Not quite Senator-elect Franken meets with Reid
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Blog: Al Franken makes it clear that he's just not part of freshmen orientation.
Recount, Day 2: Coleman and Franken gain votes
startribune.com - 11/20/2008
Recount, Day 2: Coleman and Franken gain votes
— startribune.com — Richard Sennott, Star Tribune Barb Cox, a Plymouth City Hall worker, holds a ballot that was challenged by the Franken campaign today. (more) Recount, Day 2: Coleman and Franken gain votes

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startribune.com - 11/20/2008
Recount: Norm Coleman’s lead over Al Franken shrinks
— startribune.com — The Great Minnesota Recount kicked off Wednesday with masses of volunteers for Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken moving into a fresh phase of the struggle: eyeballing the first of 2.9 million ballots, ready to ... (more) Recount: Norm Coleman’s lead over Al Franken shrinks

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nypost.com - 11/20/2008
SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
— nypost.com — Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota's Senate election. Soros - the hedge-fund honcho and sugar daddy of the Democratic Party -... (more) SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN

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The Page by Mark Halperin:  Franken On the Hill

Daily Kos:  MN-Sen: Recount underway

RedState: Conservative News and Community:  "Cautiously Optimistic"? Really Al?

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Franken On the Hill
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The Minnesota Senate candidate is walking the halls of Congress Wednesday, even though no winner's been declared in the race. Says he's in town to brief Sen. Reid on the recount getting started— though fundraising is also on his agenda.        ...

MN-Sen: Recount underway
Daily Kos — ... ballots. "A few people, "Manske said. "I wouldn't say that it's a lot." DFL candidate Al Franken's campaign estimates the rejected ballots number at least in the hundreds, however. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said his office doesn't keep a tally of rejected absentee ballots. With just 215 votes separating the two candidates, obviously, every vote counts. Meanwhile, Franken is heading to DC to meet with Harry Reid...but it's not what you think: Al Franken is living in electoral limbo, but he's walking ...

"Cautiously Optimistic"? Really Al?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Emerging from the meeting with Reid, Franken said that he was "cautiously optimistic" that he would prevail in the recount. (Source: Politico.com, Nov. 19, 2008) ...

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