startribune.com - 12/22/2008
startribune.com - 12/22/2008
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
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/24/2008
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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, ...
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Minnesota Senate Recount Heads for a Photo Finish
Power Line —
... Minnesota's Canvassing Board has now allocated most of the ballots which the Franken and Coleman campaigns had challenged, but subsequently withdrew those challenges. As a result, Franken's lead has dwindled from 251 on Friday to 48 at the end of the day today. It's hard to say what this means, as not all of the withdrawn challenges have been tabulated. Presumably that process will conclude tomorrow. ...
Franken Maintains 48-Vote Lead
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
The Star Tribune reports that Al Franken holds a 48-vote lead over Norm Coleman, with thousands of withdrawn challenges having been added back in to the respective candidates' totals. This number would be roughly in accordance with the 35-50 vote lead ...
Franken Leads By 48 Votes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
With most ballot challenges settled, Al Franken holds a 48-vote lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune analysis. ...
Coleman-Franken: December 22, 10:42 PM
The Moderate Voice —
According to various reports, Franken’s lead of 251 on Friday had dwindled to 48 at the end of yesterday’s Minnesota’s Canvassing Board actions.
The StarTribune.com reported last night:
As the U.S. Senate recount approaches another crossroad today, it appears that DFLer Al Franken’s recently attained lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman could narrow to double digits.
Today, the state Canvassing Board is scheduled to award votes from thousands of challenges that each candidate had filed against his opponent’s ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 12/23/2008 — The Star Tribune reports that Al Franken holds a 48-vote lead over Norm Coleman, with thousands of withdrawn challenges having been added back in to the respective candidates' totals. This number would be roughly in accordance with the 35-50 vote lead ...
MN-Sen: Franken up by 48
dailykos.com 12/23/2008 — The Minnesota Canvassing Board today allocated the rest of the withdrawn challenged ballots, and Al Franken now unofficially leads by 48 votes . Crazy shit. The Coleman campaign tried to get the board to reconsider some of its decisions, but was ...
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minnesotaindependent.com 12/14/2008 — It can’t be coincidence that the Al Franken for Senate campaign pledged today to reduce its pending ballot challenges in the ongoing statewide Senate recount to fewer than 500 by Tuesday. On Friday, Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie ...
Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
startribune.com 11/25/2008 — Featured comment Close comment The righty posts here are just plain nuts. They have melted down completely. To change the subject back to the article, Coleman is challenging ballots in order to maintain his "lead" read more in the recount. Franken is ...
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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Franken claims ballot breach
politico.com 12/4/2008 — Blog: Ballot confusion in Minneapolis could lead to Norm Coleman gaining 46 extra votes against Al Franken.
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 ...
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 ...
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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