bradblog.com - 2/18/2009
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If the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) ever had an actual legitimacy, self-respect, or credibility as a professional organization --- and I think they used to have all three --- they have now, officially, thrown any last pretense of any of that down the drain, and have come out ...
Franken: Senate "Going To Try" To Seat Him
huffingtonpost.com 1/22/2009 — WASHINGTON — It's no joke: Senate Democrats are moving toward letting comedian Al Franken join the chamber while Republican Norm Coleman's election lawsuit is pending.
"We're going to try to seat Al Franken," Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
So What's the Deal with Franken?
corner.nationalreview.com 12/4/2008 — Yesterday the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza updated the Minnesota Senate recount under heading "Counting Chaos!" Yet the text of his update mostly belied the heading (and the exclamation mark).
Two weeks after Election Day, incumbent Republican ...
Senator Franken, At Last?
truthdig.com 1/5/2009 — After recounting 2.4 million ballots, Minnesota officials are expected to name Al Franken the state’s next senator, winning by a mere 225 votes. Franken’s rival, Sen. Norm Coleman, will likely fight the decision in the state supreme ...
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com 11/23/2008 — 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 ...
Editors: Remember Count Every Vote?
article.nationalreview.com 2/4/2009 — D emocrats want to declare an end to the Minnesota Senate race, with Al Franken the winner and Norm Coleman the sore loser. In an appearance with Franken last week, Harry Reid averred: The race in Minnesota is over with. . . . There s no way the ...
Overtime in the Minnesota Senate election
powerlineblog.com 1/7/2009 — 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 ...
GOP Group In Panic Over Possible Franken Win
huffingtonpost.com 12/24/2008 — The possible, perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP officials into a paranoid tizzy.
In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of ...
Minnesota Senate recount, update X
powerlineblog.com 12/4/2008 — This morning Kathryn Lopez asked me to update NRO's Corner readers on the Minnesota Senate recount. This was my report.
Yesterday the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza updated the Minnesota Senate recount under heading "Counting Chaos!" Yet the ...
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 ...
There’s Hope For Franken Yet
truthdig.com 12/19/2008 — BradBlog has the latest from the endless recount battle in Minnesota, where Al Franken has apparently pulled into a two-vote lead. Results are day-to-day, but the Star Tribune is predicting Franken will win out by fewer than 100 votes.
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Coleman to judges: Reconsider your ruling —
CNN Political Ticker 2/16/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — Republican Norm Coleman's attorneys Monday sent a letter to the court asking the judges to reconsider a ruling from Friday, which put significant limits on the types of rejected absentee ballots the attorneys want ...
Downballot: Coleman dealt a blow —
First Read 2/17/2009
MINNESOTA: The big news from Friday in the never-ending recount: “Dealing a blow but not a knockout to Republican Norm Coleman's hopes, the judges in the U.S. Senate election trial on Friday tossed out most of the 19 categories of rejected absentee ...
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