startribune.com - 12/22/2008
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The Senate recount shows no sign of being settled soon.
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/24/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Norm Coleman just got a Christmas present from
the Minnesota Supreme Court: A giant lump of coal.
In a unanimous decision handed down just now, the state Supremes denied Coleman any relief in a lawsuit he was waging to deal with allegations of ...
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Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, ...
foxnews.com - 12/22/2008
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foxnews.com —
Minnesota's Canvassing Board, in trying to divine the
intentions of voters in the state's U.S. Senate race,
will leave long lasting questions about the legitimacy of any win
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John Lott: Ballot Madness in Minnesota
politico.com - 12/23/2008
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politico.com —
Blog: For the first time since the Minnesota
Senate recount began, Sen. Norm Coleman briefly talked to
a Minneapolis TV station about the recount
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Coleman speaks!
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Senate Recount: Franken Leads but Margin Narrows
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... On Tuesday, the state Canvassing Board is awarding votes from thousands of challenges that each candidate had filed against his opponent's ballots but later withdrew. ...
Star Tribune: Franken Will Lead Recount By 48 Votes
TPM Election Central —
... In the latest piece of evidence that Al Franken is the favorite to win the Minnesota recount, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has come up with a new number of where this should end up: Franken ahead by 48 votes, a margin of 0.00164% out of over 2.9 million cast, and at the upper end of the Franken camp's own claim of a 35-50 vote edge. ...
Franken-Coleman: Confusion! Chaos! (Not.)
Firedoglake —
... ) Franken hanging onto a 48-vote lead over Norm Coleman), the state supreme court won't rule on the Coleman "duplicate ballots" gambit until tomorrow (though I wouldn't ...
Nailbiter
Suburban Guerrilla —
By the unofficial count, Al Franken leads by 48 votes.
Franken's lead narrows in MN Senate race
The Swamp —
... As the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports, both sides still have plenty to fight over and the recount's outcome is far from certain, including the final disposition of 1,500 absentee ballots. ...
Election stolen
Cold Fury —
No surprise here either , natch. They’re Democrats; it’s what they are, it’s what they do. The real disgrace here is that it was ever this close in the first place. Hang your heads, Minnesotans. You have much to be ashamed of. Maybe what we need is a RICO investigation of the Democrat Party entire.
Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... , but, naturally, it's not over. Expect more movement today . * Coleman's campaign claims it can make the case ...
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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 ...
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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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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race.
A series of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ...
The Recount Is Over
powerlineblog.com 12/7/2008 — With all votes now recounted, Norm Coleman has been re-elected to the Senate. I think. The Minnesota Secretary of State shows Coleman leading by 687 votes with 99.98% of precincts reporting--all but one. The Minneapolis Star Tribune shows Coleman ...
Is Al Franken Trailing by Just Two Votes?
weeklystandard.com 12/19/2008 — The AP puts Norm Coleman's lead at 2 votes, causing Allahpundit and Kathryn Lopez , among others, to despair. There may be good reason to be anxious, if not desperate, but not because of the AP count.
Tomorrow morning the AP will show Franken ...
Franken holds lead, but it's not over —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/23/2008
With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final count, however, showed no sign of being settled soon.
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