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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/4/2008
So What's the Deal with Franken?
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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 Norm Coleman was certified the ...

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Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a ... (more) Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!

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Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
twincities.com - 12/3/2008
Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
— twincities.com — What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away. Elections officials in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 36 ... (more) Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
— huffingtonpost.com — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ... (more) Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

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MN Senate race count getting goofier by the day
Sister Toldjah — Chris Cillizza does his best to sort through the “he said/he said” coming out of Minnesota as stories of “lost and found and lost again” ballots continue. Minnesota resident and Power Line blogger Scott Johnson has more.

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fivethirtyeight.com 11/11/2008 — A Minneapolis-based Daily Kos diarist named 'bitwise' has done some further sleuthing on the impending Minnesota senate recount , which we had discussed at length this morning . Here's what he's found: The freshest data, pulled from the state website ...
Franken gets nasty … again
hotair.com 10/17/2008 — Read this post »
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
powerlineblog.com 11/14/2008 — 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 ...
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.  ...
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 ...
Stealing Minnesota: The Franken Undervote Lie
redstate.com 11/14/2008 — I spent six years as an elections lawyer. I handled a lot of very wacked election canvasses and recounts. One thing they all had in common: when new votes were found, they generally went both ways -- a few for one candidate and a few for the ...
Franken camp: 'We're winning'
politico.com 12/3/2008 — Blog: Al Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said today that, based on its latest internal tally, Franken has taken the lead over Sen. Norm Colem
Franken Claims to Have Lead of 35-50 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com 12/22/2008 — Missed this story yesterday, but: Al Franken’s campaign is as close to declaring victory as it has throughout the weeks-long recount in the Minnesota Senate race. Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said he expects Franken to be leading Sen. Norm ...
Did Ritchie meet with the Franken campaign?
powerlineblog.com 1/13/2009 — The Coleman-Franken Senate recount proceeded under the auspices of the State Canvassing Board constituted under Minnesota law . By virtue of holding the office of Minnesota Secretaty of State, Mark Ritchie served as the chairman of the State ...
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 ...
Franken says he'll drop 633 challenges in recount (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/4/2008
AP - Democrat Al Franken withdrew 633 challenges to ballots Wednesday in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race in what could be a first step toward a quicker conclusion to the recount.
Franken Withdraws 633 Challenges in Recount for Minnesota Senate Seat — NYT > Politics 12/4/2008
The Democrat Al Franken withdrew 633 challenges to ballots Wednesday in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race in what could be a first step toward a quicker conclusion to the recount. >
Lost ballots force extension in Minnesota recount — CNN Political Ticker 12/4/2008
It seems the end of the recount won't mean the end of the Senate contest. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) –It looks like it will take even longer than expected to declare a winner in Minnesota’s historically tight U.S. Senate race between ...
Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount — CNN.com - Politics 12/5/2008
A missing envelope containing about 130 ballots has stalled the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.
In a Cold Garage, Minnesota's Senate Recount Drags On — Wash Post Federal Page 12/5/2008
MINNEAPOLIS -- One of the closest elections in the history of the United States Senate is now playing out inside a storage garage hidden on the outskirts of downtown. Dozens of election officials wearing winter jackets sit in teams of two at plastic ...