2008-12-29T19:23:16Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/300024 tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3864103 2008-12-29T19:23:16Z The Reality-Based Community The latest from the <strong class="keyword">Coleman</strong>-Franken recount (from the Minnesota Star-Tribune): The campaigns of <strong class="keyword">Sen</strong>. <strong class="keyword">Norm</strong> <strong class="keyword">Coleman</strong> and Al Fra<br /><br /><a href="http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/12/file_under_coleman_own_petard_hoisted_with.php">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872420 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Hominid Views Today Al Franken’s (unofficial) lead over Sen. Norm Coleman grew by a few more votes to 50. The Coleman campaign is not so certain:. Lawyers for the Coleman campaign called Mr. Franken’s margin, which grew by four votes on Tuesday, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://hominidviews.com/?p=2138">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872418 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Morris Sun Tribune | Morris, Minnesota ST. PAUL – Al Franken increased his slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman by a few votes this morning as another phase of the US Senate race ended.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=15883">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872417 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Veering Right Democrat Al Franken leads Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with an increasingly small number of ballots yet to consider. Franken finished the day up 47 votes, according to a preliminary report by the secretary of state's ...<br /><br /><a href="http://veeringright.blogspot.com/2008/12/minnesota-not-nice-part-2.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872415 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Digital News Report Digital News Report- The race between Republican Senator Norm Coleman and DFL Nominee Al Franken for a Minnesota Senate seat has been raging for nearly two months. The results were too close to call during the general election with ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2008/12/franken-leads-coleman-for-minnesota-senate-seat/459">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872414 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z MichNews.com “More than six weeks after the Nov. 4 election, Democratic challenger Al Franken threatened to take his first lead Thursday over incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman in the recount of votes in the hotly contested Minnesota Senate race. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.michnews.com/Michael_J_Gaynor/Will_a_United_States_Senate_Seat_Be_Stolen_With_ACORN_Help.shtml">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872412 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z The Twin Cities Daily Liberal While a tiny margin separates the candidates in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, it is wide enough that Democrat Al Franken faces a daunting task in challenging votes to erase Sen. Norm Coleman’s lead. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://tcdailyliberal.com/blog/2008/12/the-nrsc-keeping-a-wistful-eye-on-minnesotas-senate-recount/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872411 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public... The proposed legislation comes in the midst of an ongoing recount in Minnesota for GOP Sen. Norm Coleman's seat (at last count, Coleman's DFL challenger, Al Franken, led the recount by 50 votes) and in the wake of an ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/dec30/1481/lawmakers-seek-de-blagojevich-minnesota">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872410 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z The Caucus Democratic candidate Al Franken widened his lead over incumbent Senator Norm Coleman to 50 votes as the Minnesota state Canvassing Board wound down its review of challenged ballots in the contested Senate race on Tuesday. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/franken-holds-onto-lead-in-minnesota/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872408 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z NorthDecoder.com Norm Coleman has little to no chance of winning at this point. The only way he can win is by working to skew the wrongly rejected absentee ballots in his direction. Here is how that fiasco has gone down. (Note:I take my information from ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.northdecoder.com/index.php/Norm-Coleman-is-Losing-and-He-Knows-It.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872404 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z News | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota Al Franken increased his slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman by a few votes this morning as another phase of the U.S. Senate race ended. Franken netted four more votes, bringing his lead to 50 votes in unofficial results, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/108436/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872403 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z ToTheCenter - News According to the Associated Press, contributor Brian Bakst reports that “Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50 vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=8258">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872402 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z Maverick FAIL Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.<br /><br /><a href="http://maverickfail.com/2008/12/franken-lead-at-49-with-absentees-left-to-count/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872401 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z mToddblog PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Democrat Al Franken maintained his slim lead of 50 votes Tuesday in the race for a Minnesota Senate seat. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, left, and Democrat Al Franken are in a battle for Minnesota's Senate seat. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://mtoddl.blogspot.com/2008/12/franken-leads-but-fighting-lingers-in.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872400 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z National Politics An attempt to reconcile a dispute over absentee ballots crucial to the U.S. Senate race ground to a halt early today in Anoka, where lawyers for Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken disagreed over counting ballots that county officials say ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/36877849.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872399 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z StarTribune.com rss feed A small protest was held outside Sen. Norm Coleman's Twin Cities office, said Mary Beaudoin, director of the antiwar group Women Against Military Madness, who was there. Two or three protesters went to U.S. Rep. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/36911259.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872398 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z NFL for MyFox Twin Cities Al Franken holds a 50 vote lead over Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting complete in the recount of the Minnesota Senate race. At the state Capitol Tuesday, the Canvassing Board finished allocating thousands of ballots ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8166240&amp;version=3&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.2.1">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872397 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z The Political Environment Looks Like The Joke Is On Norm Coleman. After throwing up challenges and other political chaff, incumbent US Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) is still 50 votes short of re-election. Doggone it, people like Al Franken. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2008/12/looks-like-joke-is-on-norm-coleman.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3872396 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z BeltwayBlips - Top Congress News, Videos,... ST PAUL, Minn (Reuters) - The end drew closer on Tuesday in Minnesota's drawn-out U.S. Senate race, with Democrat Al Franken holding a slim 50-vote lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, officials said. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/coleman_not_in_giving_mood_on_absentees/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-29:/commentary/3867490 2008-12-29T19:00:00Z WISTV - News ST. PAUL, MN (AP) - Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50 vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done. Franken's lead grew by a few votes on Tuesday when the state ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=9595229">Go to article</a>