mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
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During the November
13 edition of Fox News' The
O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed that Minnesota Secretary of
State Mark Ritchie (D) was "actively rooting for Al Franken" in the
Senate race between Franken and incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and that
"the fix is in." But O'Reilly did ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/23/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number
of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more
and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state's recount process. An analysis of ...
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Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
startribune.com - 11/24/2008
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startribune.com —
Blog: The Big Question Here’s one way to
send a protest with your ballot This Anoka County
voter was clearly ready for the end of campaign season. This ballot has an almost poetic quality. In case you have trouble reading it, the poem goes like this, ...
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Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
nypost.com - 11/20/2008
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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 -...
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SOROS BOO$TS FRANKEN
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and MSNBC. And yes, there was also Fox News.
In 2003, Fox unsuccessfully sued Franken -- who it called "shrill and unstable" -- for using the words "fair and balanced" on the cover of his book. (Fox, apparently pessimistic about the intelligence of its viewers, claimed that Franken's use of its slogan could confuse viewers into thinking they endorsed the book.) Five years later, there's no love lost: Hosts Sean Hannity, Brit Hume, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and Fred Barnes were among those who repeated the dubious car ...
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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.
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Hold Your Horses, Minnesota
fivethirtyeight.com 12/18/2008 — The State of Minnesota's Canvassing Board has finished adjudicating challenges brought to the Board by Al Franken. They will begin evaluating challenges brought by Norm Coleman's campaign tomorrow. The Star Tribune has logged 391 challenges made by ...
136 votes...
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/21/2008
Politico - ... now separate Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken, with 46 percent of the 2.9 million ballots recounted in the too-close-to-call Minnesota Senate race. Franken so far has gained a net of 79 votes on Coleman.
More Votes Challenged in Minnesota —
CNN Political Ticker 11/21/2008
(CNN) – The number of ballots being challenged in the Minnesota recount is growing. This as more than 40 percent of votes have been recounted in the battle for Norm Coleman's US Senate seat. The recount kicked off Wednesday and could extend into next ...
Latest in Minnesota Senate recount —
CNN Political Ticker 11/22/2008
Election judges sort ballots as the recount continues in Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The weekend isn't bringing any respite in the Minnesota Senate recount.
Ballots in the ultra-close race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al ...
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