C001057 1949-08-17 Norm 'norm':1,3,5 'coleman':2,4,6 M 300024 Coleman Norm_Coleman Norm Coleman N00013870 8366 Republican Jewish Norm Coleman 2.8 300024 Person senate Wed Dec 31 00:02:54 -0600 2008 Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...or visit www.djreprints.com WASHINGTON -- Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is proposing that the winner of the Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken be seated at the end of their recount, even as the possibility of a drawn-out court battle loom '50':4 'al':29 'ami':14 'end':35 'sen':13 'even':39 'lead':2 'loom':50 'minn':7 'norm':26 'seat':32 'vote':5 'wall':51 'battl':49 'court':48 'drawn':46 'senat':23 'visit':9 'propos':17 'street':52 'winner':20 'coleman':27 'contest':24 'franken':1,30 'journal':53 'possibl':42 'recount':38 'drawn-out':45 'klobuchar':15 'minnesota':12 'washington':11 'www.djreprints.com':10 3872438 true true daylife Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/us OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123064841953142469.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy 300024 Person republican Tue Dec 30 13:21:09 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...improve his long-shot chances. Share and save this post: Entering the final stages of the Minnesota recount process, Sen. Norm Coleman has made some dramatic moves meant to improve his long-shot chances. In the process, the Republican Senator is threa 'sen':31 'long':14,44 'made':35 'move':38 'norm':32 'post':21 'save':19 'shot':15,45 'chanc':16,46 'enter':22 'final':24 'meant':39 'senat':52 'share':17 'stage':25 'state':8 'threa':54 'derail':4 'dramat':37 'expect':9 'improv':11,41 'coleman':1,33 'process':30,49 'recount':5,29 'resolut':10 'threaten':2 'long-shot':13,43 'minnesota':28 'secretari':6 'republican':51 'alternet.org':55 3867494 true true daylife AlterNet.org http://www.alternet.org/ OK http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/stein/116120/coleman_threatens_to_derail_recount%2C_secretary_of_state_expects_resolution/ 300024 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 13:21:09 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 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 '50':4,20 'al':15 'st':10 'sen':25 'done':39 'grew':43 'hold':18 'lead':2,22,42 'left':7 'minn':12 'norm':26 'paul':11 'race':38 'vote':21,47 'board':54 'count':9,33 'miami':55 'senat':37 'state':52 'almost':29 'candid':14 'herald':56 'absente':6 'canvass':53 'coleman':27 'franken':1,16,40 'tuesday':49 'democrat':13 'minnesota':35 'republican':24 3867495 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/831188.html 300024 Person democrat Wed Dec 31 00:02:53 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...Republican campaign chief John Cornyn (Texas) said Tuesday the Senate shouldn't seat Democrat Al Franken, who leads GOP Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.) in a hotly contested recount. “Al Franken is falsely declaring victory based on an artificial lead create 'al':23 'gop':27 'hot':34 'say':3 'sen':1,28 'base':43 'fals':40 'hill':50 'john':12 'lead':26,47 'minn':31 'norm':29 'said':15 'seat':7,21 'texa':14 'chief':11 'creat':48 'senat':4,18 '“al':37 'cornyn':2,13 'declar':41 'coleman':30 'contest':35 'franken':8,24,38 'recount':36 'shouldn':5,19 'tuesday':16 'victori':42 'artifici':46 'campaign':10 'democrat':22 'republican':9 3872437 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78488&Itemid=70 300024 Person sen\. Mon Dec 29 15:24:09 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 AP NewsAlert The campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken disagree over the number of absentee ballots that were improperly rejected and should now be ... 'al':16 'ap':7 'mn':36 'sen':12 'norm':13 'star':34 'ballot':6,24 'differ':3 'improp':27 'number':21 'reject':5,28 'tribun':35 'absente':23 'coleman':1,14 'disagre':18 'franken':2,17 'campaign':10 'newsalert':8 'minneapoli':33 3856922 true true google news Minneapolis Star Tribune,&nbsp;MN OK http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/36833124.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqEiaDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU 300024 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 15:24:09 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 By Michael O'Brien and Reid Wilson Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), who once implored Democratic opponent Al Franken to end his bid for a recount, ... 'o':9 'r':18 'al':25 'dc':36 'bid':30 'end':28 'sen':14 'call':2 'hill':35 'minn':19 'norm':15 'reid':12 'brien':10 'count':6 'oppon':24 'ballot':5 'expand':4 'implor':22 'r-minn':17 'wilson':13 'coleman':1,16 'franken':26 'michael':8 'recount':33 'democrat':23 3856923 true true google news The Hill,&nbsp;DC OK http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/coleman-calls-for-expanded-ballot-count-2008-12-29.html 300024 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 15:24:30 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...approaching and the sniping among lawyers increasing, the U.S. Senate recount stalled today as the campaigns for Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken remained far apart on an agreement on improperly rejected absentee ballots. Lawyers for the two ca 'al':29 'ca':46 'dig':48 'far':32 'mud':6 'sen':24 'two':45 'u.s':15 'norm':25 'among':11 'apart':33 'senat':16 'snipe':10 'stall':18 'stuck':3 'today':19 'truth':47 'ballot':41 'improp':38 'lawyer':12,42 'reject':39 'remain':31 'absente':40 'coleman':26 'franken':30 'increas':13 'recount':2,17 'approach':7 'campaign':22 'democrat':28 'agreement':36 'minnesota':1 3856931 true true daylife Truth Dig http://www.truthdig.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/~3/Zar4Kyi6csw/ 300024 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 15:24:11 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Unofficial counts showed one-time comedian Al Franken, a Democrat, leading Republican incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman by less than 50 votes out of more than 2.4 ... '50':25 'al':12 'us':2 '2.4':31 'one':9 'sen':19 'lead':16 'less':23 'norm':20 'post':33 'show':7 'time':10 'unit':34 'vote':26 'count':6 'polit':3 'state':35 'incumb':18 'coleman':21 'franken':13 'one-tim':8 'summari':4 'comedian':11 'democrat':15 'unoffici':5 'us-polit':1 'republican':17 'washington':32 3856927 true true google news Washington Post,&nbsp;United States OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/AR2008122900211.html 300024 Person congress Mon Dec 29 15:24:11 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 FEBRUARY: Police are called when Norm Coleman and Al Franken come to blows outside a St. Paul bar, each suffering a black eye and cut lip. ... 'al':20 'mn':41 'st':27 'bar':29 'cut':36 'eye':34 'lip':37 'sad':10 '2009':7 'blow':24 'call':15 'come':22 'norm':17 'past':2 'paul':28 'star':39 'black':33 'polic':13 'expect':6 'outsid':25 'suffer':31 'tribun':40 'coleman':18 'franken':21 'predict':11 'februari':12 'predictor':5 'minneapoli':38 3856926 true true google news Minneapolis Star Tribune,&nbsp;MN OK http://www.startribune.com/local/36813349.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciatkEP7DhUsl 300024 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 15:24:12 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 The unopened ballots “could weigh heavily in the race,â€* which unofficially has Democrat Al Franken leading incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman by 46 votes. ... '46':26 'al':17 'dc':29 'gop':21 'sen':22 'clip':2 'lead':19 'norm':23 'race':11 'vote':27 'polit':1 'weigh':7 'ballot':5 'incumb':20 'unopen':4 'â€*':12 'coleman':24 'franken':18 'heavili':8 'democrat':16 'unoffici':14 '“could':6 'cqpolitics.com':28 3856929 true true google news CQPolitics.com,&nbsp;DC OK http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003001157 300024 Person senate Tue Dec 30 02:55:28 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:23:16 -0600 2008 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 'al':28 'fra':29 'sen':24 'base':33 'file':1 'norm':25 'star':19 'hoist':6 'latest':9 'petard':5 'tribun':20 'coleman':3,12,26 'franken':13 'realiti':32 'recount':14 'campaign':22 'communiti':34 'minnesota':17 'reality-bas':31 'star-tribun':18 3864103 false true technorati The Reality-Based Community http://www.samefacts.com OK http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/12/file_under_coleman_own_petard_hoisted_with.php 1102 300024 Person sen\. Tue Dec 30 02:54:32 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 SEN. NORM COLEMAN, R-MINN. Leave aside the fact that Norm is probably going to lose the election; his ongoing ethics problems threaten to end his career no matter what the outcome. Look, I know that Norm is shocked — shocked! ... 'r':15 'go':25 'end':36 'sen':11 'asid':18 'blog':6,53 'fact':20 'know':46 'leav':17 'left':10,57 'look':44 'lose':27 'minn':16 'norm':12,22,48 'ongo':31 'elect':29 'ethic':32 'moder':9,56 'shock':50,52 'annual':3 'browni':5 'career':38 'golden':4 'matter':40 'outcom':43 'r-minn':14 '—':51 'coleman':13 'probabl':24 'problem':33 'seventh':2 'threaten':34 3864096 false true google blog Blog of the Moderate Left http://moderateleft.com/ OK http://moderateleft.com/?p=5113 300024 Person sen\. Tue Dec 30 13:20:14 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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 ... 'end':29 'gop':23 'sen':24 'tpm':1,52 'hard':32 'last':39 'memo':6 'morn':45 'norm':25 'sort':46 'talk':4 'board':35 'elect':2,53 'minut':40 'point':5 'almost':17 'appear':14 'defeat':22 'offici':9 'review':41 'central':3,54 'certain':18 'coleman':26 'correct':43 'franken':20 'campaign':51 'complaint':48 'last-minut':38 3867480 false true google blog TPM Election Central http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/ OK http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/its_official_franken_ahead_by.php 300024 Person republican Tue Dec 30 13:20:13 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Entering the final stages of the Minnesota recount process, Sen. Norm Coleman has made some dramatic moves meant to improve his long-shot chances. In the process, the Republican Senator is threatening the conclusion of the election. ... 'sen':19 'long':32 'made':23 'move':26 'norm':20 'peek':49 'shot':33 'chanc':34 'elect':47 'enter':10 'final':12 'meant':27 'senat':40 'stage':13 'state':8 'derail':4 'dramat':25 'expect':9 'improv':29 'coleman':1,21 'conclus':44 'process':18,37 'recount':5,17 'threaten':2,42 'long-shot':31 'minnesota':16 'secretari':6 'republican':39 'alternet.org':48 3867477 false true google blog AlterNet.org: PEEK http://www.alternet.org/ OK http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/116120/coleman_threatens_to_derail_recount,_secretary_of_state_expects_resolution/ 300024 Person senate Tue Dec 30 02:54:32 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Funnyman Al Franken continues to lead Sen. Norm Coleman by 46 votes as the Minnesota recount for the US Senate continues. The campaigns of Sen. Coleman and Funnyman Franken remain at odds over rejected absentee ballots. ... '46':21 'al':12 'us':29 'odd':42 'sen':17,35 'baca':4,50 'lead':16 'norm':18 'turn':8 'vote':22 'senat':30 'world':7 'ballot':46 'banter':2,48 'reject':44 'remain':40 'absente':45 'beltway':1,47 'coleman':19,36 'continu':14,31 'franken':13,39 'recount':26 'campaign':33 'funnyman':11,38 'minnesota':10,25 3864097 false true google blog Beltway Banter with Baca http://www.beltwaybaca.com/ OK http://www.beltwaybaca.com/2008/12/december-30-2008-by-beltway-baca.html 300024 Person senate Tue Dec 30 13:20:14 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Al Franken said he believes he is “on track to winâ€* 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, ... 'r':28 '50':2 'al':8 'air':5,52 'sen':24 'lead':4 'made':45 'minn':29 'norm':25 'race':22 'said':10 'vote':3 'week':48 'first':41 'media':7 'senat':21 'sever':47 'today':37 'track':16 'believ':12 'latest':50 'r-minn':27 'releas':33 'america':6,53 'coleman':26 'comment':42 'franken':1,9,43 'campaign':36 '“on':15 'minnesota':20 'statement':32 'winâ€*':18 3867481 false true google blog The Latest on Air America http://www.airamerica.com/aar-latest/rss OK http://airamerica.com/blog/2008/dec/30/franken-50-vote-lead 300024 Person senate Tue Dec 30 13:20:13 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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. '50':8,16 'al':12 'sen':20 'top':38 'citi':3,45 'grow':6 'hold':14 'lead':5,18 'norm':21 'race':37 'site':41 'twin':2,44 'vote':17 'chanc':11 'count':28 'myfox':1,43 'senat':36 'stori':39 'almost':24 'coleman':9,22 'complet':29 'franken':4,13 'recount':32 'minnesota':35 3867478 false true google blog Top Stories on Site for MyFox Twin Cities http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox OK http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8166240&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1 300024 Person sen\. Tue Dec 30 13:20:14 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 The two campaigns must agree that a ballot was wrongfully discarded before it can be counted — and GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign is not making that easy. The Franken team has agreed that all 1346 ballots should be counted. ... '50':8 'gop':30 'sen':31 'two':13 '1346':47 'agre':16,44 'easi':39 'make':37 'must':15 'norm':32 'team':42 'vote':9 '»':4 'count':27,51 'wrong':21 'ballot':19,48 '—':28 'coleman':11 'discard':22 'franken':5,41 'campaign':14,34 'independ':3,54 'washington':2,53 'coleman’s':33 3867479 false true google blog The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/23228/franken-up-by-50-votes-as-coleman-cherry-picks-absentee-ballots 300024 Person senate Tue Dec 30 13:20:15 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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 ... 'al':33 '2.0':4,54 'odd':36 'sen':28 'tri':9 'u.s':14 'blog':6 'mani':39 'norm':29 'stay':11 '»':5,8 'civil':12 'count':45 'court':50 'cynic':3,53 'dfler':32 'senat':15 'smirk':2,52 'state':48 'archiv':7 'ballot':42 'bicker':22 'confus':20 'deeper':18 'monday':23 'reject':40 'spiral':17 'suprem':49 'absente':41 'coleman':30 'franken':34 'recount':16 'campaign':26 3867483 false true google blog The Smirking Cynic 2.0 http://www.smirkingcynic.com/ OK http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=351 300024 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 13:20:15 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 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. '50':4,20 'al':15 'sen':25 'done':39 'fail':12,41 'hold':18 'lead':2,22 'left':7 'norm':26 'race':38 'vote':21 'count':9,33 'senat':37 'almost':29 'candid':14 'absente':6 'coleman':27 'franken':1,16 'democrat':13 'maverick':11,40 'minnesota':35 'republican':24 3867482 false true google blog Maverick FAIL http://maverickfail.com/ OK http://maverickfail.com/2008/12/franken-lead-at-50-with-absentees-left-to-count/