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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008

Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line

— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

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twincities.com - 12/15/2008

Voter intent clear on most ballots

— twincities.com — Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a big part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So... will voters who scrawled in the same name for every local race. As will people who marked their choices not just with a darkened oval but an X, too — ... (more) Voter intent clear on most ballots

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

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fivethirtyeight.com - 12/12/2008

Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key Issues, Sending Coleman to Court

— fivethirtyeight.com — Al Franken may be the favorite to win Minnesota's recount after all. The state's five-person Canvassing Board... today issued two key rulings, both of which represent significant boosts to Franken. In the first ruling, issued at about 10 AM local time, ... (more) Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key ...

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Al Franken

Norm Coleman

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Worried in Minnesota
The Corner on National Review Online — ... reports, the Coleman campaign will not provide an estimate of its own regarding the challenged ballots. I have previously tried to get something from the Coleman campaign on that and come up empty. All they will say is that's not how they see it. "Last week the board recommended that counties sort and count absentee ballots that were mistakenly rejected, subject to no uniform standard. John Hinderaker discusses these so-called 'fifth pile' absentee ballots here . "Yesterday the Minnesota supreme court accepted the Coleman campaign's petition for a hearing regarding the ...

Hugh Hewitt: What's Going On In the Minnesota Recount?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Magazine | Finance [image] [image] Hugh Hewitt | Mike Gallagher | Michael Medved | Mary Katharine Ham | Kevin McCullough | Matt Lewis | Radio Blogger | Your Blogs Directory [image] Townhall.com The Blogspot for Political, Conservative and Republican Blogs and Bloggers Tuesday, December 16, 2008 What's Going On In the Minnesota Recount? Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 8:56 AM John Hinderaker gives a concise explanation. [image] Email It | Print It | ...

JOHN HINDERAKER on the Minnesota recount and the “fifth pile.”…
Instapundit — JOHN HINDERAKER on the Minnesota recount and the “fifth pile.”

Get It Straight
Daily Pundit — Power Line - The “Fifth Pile”: What’s It All About? Thus, giving the counties discretion to count whatever additional ballots they deem appropriate amounts to giving the Democratic Party a license to steal the election. Which is why the Coleman campaign wants the Supreme Court to at least issue a standard set of guidelines so that all counties, Republican and Democrat, are playing by the same rules. Democrats trying to steal a Senate seat? Who could imagine such a thing? Democrats don’t steal Senate ...

Will Al Franken Steal Minnesota?
GayPatriot — ... And they’re trying that in Minnesota, with Franken raising the issue of the “Fifth Pile” of rejected absentee ballots only as it was becoming clear that he would not win the recount. ...