the-reaction.blogspot.com - 11/14/2008
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By Michael J.W. Stickings No, but, with a recount looming in the exceptionally tight Coleman-Franken Senate race, the Republicans are certainly fighting like it's Florida all over again. Here's The Hill : Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday accused Republicans of trying to halt the ...
dailykos.com - 11/13/2008
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In Alaska we have 90,000 ballots waiting to
be counted (PDF): Absentee : 60,950 Early : 9,507
Question : 20,178 Total: 90,635 Today, the state will count 42,991 of the absentee ballots and 9.333 of the early votes. They'll be counting these ...
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politico.com - 11/12/2008
powerlineblog.com - 11/14/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
The Al Franken is using a series of
lawsuits to try to bully the ex-comedian's way into
the United States Senate. So far, though, they aren't going too well. Franken has demanded that Minnesota counties give him lists of would-be voters whose ...
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... Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday accused Republicans of trying to halt the Minnesota Senate recount through intimidation and vowed the process “won’t be another Florida.”
Schumer, the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), said allies of Sen. Norm Coleman, the GOP incumbent, are working to undermine the recount even though it is required under Minnesota law and neither candidate can “short-circuit” it.
Democracy? We are all for it before we are against it.
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