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12/29/08
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The latest from the Coleman-Franken recount (from the Minnesota Star-Tribune): The campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Fra

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12/29/08
Hominid Views » Blog Archive » Minnesota Senate Update

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, ...

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12/29/08
Franken lead at 50; absentee ballots remain | Morris Sun Tribune ...

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.

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12/29/08
Veering Right: Minnesota (Not) Nice, part 2

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 ...

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12/29/08
Franken leads Coleman for Minnesota Senate Seat

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 ...

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12/29/08
MichNews.com Will a United States Senate Seat Be Stolen With ACORN ...

“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. ...

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12/29/08
The NRSC: Keeping a wistful eye on Minnesota’s Senate recount ...

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. ...

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12/29/08
Lawmakers seek to de-Blagojevich Minnesota | Politics in Minnesota

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 ...

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12/29/08
Franken Holds Onto Lead in Minnesota - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

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. ...

Source: The Caucus
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12/29/08
NorthDecoder.com -- North Dakota's Most Influential Political Blog ...

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 ...

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12/29/08
Franken lead at 50; absentee ballots remain | Duluth News Tribune ...

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, ...

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12/29/08
ToTheCenter - News: Al is earning more votes than Norm

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 ...

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12/29/08
Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count by 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.

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12/29/08
mToddblog: Franken leads, but fighting lingers in Minnesota ...

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. ...

Source: mToddblog
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12/29/08
Progress mixed in Senate recount on absentee ballots

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 ...

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12/29/08
Critics urge Sen. Klobuchar to condemn Israeli assault

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. ...

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12/29/08
MyFox Twin Cities | Franken Lead Grows to 50, Coleman's Chances ...

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 ...

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12/29/08
The Political Environment: Looks Like The Joke Is On Norm Coleman

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. ...

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12/29/08
Coleman Not in Giving Mood on Absentees - Congress

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. ...

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12/29/08
WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Franken leads by 50 with ...

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 ...

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12/29/08
Canvassing Board cranks up again this morning

The State Canvassing Board has convened this morning in St. Paul, where its five members will take up the dispute over improperly rejected absentee ballots in the election battle between Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and his DFL ...

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12/29/08
12/30-Heartland Morning Beat: McCain, Feingold to Renew War on ...

Franken, Coleman Battle Over Absentee Ballots - Josh Kraushaar/Politico. “The campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken are far apart in resolving the thorny issue over counting absentee ballots in the disputed ...

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12/29/08
News Radio 1420 Lubbock, Texas

Hundreds of absentee ballots rejected by mistake in Minnesota are being challenged by attorneys for Senator Norm Coleman. And, the Presidential Inaugural Committee is giving away ten of the hottest inaugural tickets in history. ...

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12/29/08
t r u t h o u t | Minnesota Recount: As Deadline Looms, Confusion ...

The US Senate recount spiraled deeper into confusion and bickering Monday, with the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken at odds over how many rejected absentee ballots should be counted and a state Supreme Court deadline ...

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12/29/08
Franken Up By 50 In Recount, For Now

Al Franken has ended the unofficial Minnesota Senate election recount up 50 votes over Sen. Norm Coleman. The margin is subject to change as the state and both campaigns considers what to do with rou. ...

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12/29/08
Al Franken lead at 50 with absentees left to count | BUZZ NEWSROOM

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 Canvassing Board ...

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12/29/08
The Smirking Cynic 2.0 » Blog Archive » Trying To Stay Civil

The U.S. Senate recount spiraled deeper into confusion and bickering Monday, with the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken at odds over how many rejected absentee ballots should be counted and a state Supreme Court ...

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12/29/08
Franken lead at 50 with absentees left to count by Maverick FAIL

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.

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12/29/08
Franken: 50 Vote Lead | Air America Media

Al Franken said he believes he is “on track to win” the Minnesota Senate race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), in a statement released by his campaign today. These were the first comments Franken has made in several weeks, ...

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12/29/08
TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | It's Official ...

And while it now appears to be almost certain that Franken will defeat GOP Sen. Norm Coleman in the end, it's hardly over. The board did some last-minute reviews and corrections this morning, sorting out complaints from both campaigns ...

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