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Never Forget: Dick Morris is a john
January 9, 2009 - The latest right-wing talking point is that Minnesota Senator-elect Al Franken is stealing the election from Senator-unelect Norm Coleman. Fox News contributor Dick Morris just sent us an email, under the banner o...
It's inevitable Norm, just lie back and accept it
January 6, 2009 - It looks like Al Franken is going to be a senator. But probably not for a while, which means that Fox News and the Wall Street can continue to have some fun with "Funny Business" headlines for at least a while more...Filed under: Norm Coleman election, Norm Coleman grief, Norm Coleman sad, Norm Coleman disappointed, Coleman disappointed election, Coleman loses election, Coleman election loss, Coleman Franken election, Coleman Franken disappointed, Coleman election grief, Al Franken election, Al Franken wins, Al Franken won election, Coleman senate loss, Coleman loss, Coleman disappointed loss, Norm Coleman Minnesota, Norm Coleman Senate, Norm Coleman, Al Franken
Like an SNL sketch, Minnesota election won't end
January 5, 2009 - It's all over but the crying, and also an extended legal challenge. The Minnesota Canvassing Board convened today to certify Al Franken as the winner in the state's grueling Senate recount. But incumbent Norm Coleman is almost certainly expected to file suit during the seven-day waiting period...
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: How to Seat a Senator for Minnesota
January 1, 2009 - Christmas has past and the season for real political ugliness is on in the great State of Minnesota. As usual when Democrats are narrowly edged by a Republican you can expect wacky recounts and lots of court challenges. As much as I hate to bring up the past, the 2000...Filed under: Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, recounts, sentors, U.S., U.S. Senate, Senate
Seven things we'd like to see finished up before New Year's
December 30, 2008 - Okay we know it's been a busy year, but the country doesn't shut down just because everyone's been drinking egg nog. We've still got about 50 or 60 hours to get some shit out of the inbox and into the outbox (that sounded sexual but we...Filed under: Year in review, 23/6 year in review, minnesota senate race, al franken, minnesota senate race, minnesota senate race franken coleman, norm coleman, coleman franken, al franken minnesota race, norm coleman minnesota race, minnesota recount, minesota recount, recession, economic crisis, economic depression, 2008 recession, bailouts, u.s. economy, bad economy, economy failing, future of u.s. economy
From The Room: Media Drunk Tank: O'Reilly's Unhappy New Year
December 22, 2008 - Bill O'Reilly's Worst Year Ever 2008 has not been a very good year for Bill O'Reilly. And while there's no definitive proof that there is a God, we offer up the following pieces of empirical evidence: 1. Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize This had to...
From The Feed: Facty, sassy Shira Toeplitz
December 16, 2008 - Roll Call's Shira Topelitz, who looks like Natalie Portman from The Professional, i.e. 12, surprised anchor/mispronouncer David Shuster by providing not only answers, "it's "tup-litz, actually," but also segues, "but it's good to be here David, thanks for having me." The content of this...
Nate Silver knew you were gonna do that
November 24, 2008 - Nate Silver is more machine than man, now. Yesterday's big projection concerned the Minnesota recount, which Nate projects Franken will win by 27 votes. 27, Nate? Not 26? Not by "a slim margin." Bu...Filed under: fivethirtyeight, five thirty eight, 538, 538.com, fivethirtyeight.com, five thirty eight dot com, nate silver, nate silver projects franken win, minnesota senate race minnesota state senate race, minnesota franken coleman, norm coleman, al franken, al franken to win by 27 votes, minnesota senate race project, minnesota senate recount, minnesota senate race recount, minnesota senate race franken win, al franken wins, al franen to win senate race
POLL: Minnesota voters- moronic or idiotic?
November 21, 2008 - As the recount in the Minnesota senate race proceeds, the Al Franken campaign is crowing that the Democratic candidate has drawn within a...
23/6 Video: AL Franken and Norm Coleman in "My Two Senators"
November 21, 2008 - With the recount underway, it looks like Minnesota might be stuck with TWO Senators. Sounds like a Congressional episode of "My Two Dads", with two senators being forced to share one Minnesota seat. In fact, it sounds exactly...
Democrats gun it to 60!
November 19, 2008 - Bye bye Ted Stevens! The veteran Alaska Senator learned yesterday that people in Alaska are so small-minded that they see a felony conviction for corruption as a bad thing. This means the Democrats now have 58 seats in the Senate, just...Filed under: Ted Stevens defeat, Ted Stevens defeated, Ted Stevens loss, Ted Stevens loses, Mark Begich Senator, Georgia Senate election, Georgia Senate Race, Georgia Senate Runoff, Minnesota recount, Minnesota senate election recount, Mark Begich wins, Mark Begich defeats Ted Stevens, Mark Begich election, Ted Stevens re-election, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Jim Martin, Jim Martin Senator, Jim Martin election, Saxby Chambliss, Saxby Chambliss election, Al Franken recount, Norm Coleman recount, Minnesota Senate deadlock, Minnesota Senate, senate races, Al Franken, Norm Coleman
From The Room: Recount!
November 13, 2008 - If Al Franken can get a recount in Minnesota because his opponent, Senator Norm Coleman, won by a small margin of votes, why shouldn't I challenge my high school graduating class's selection of Class Wit, Most Popular, Friendliest, Most Individualistic, Smartest and Best Looking? It's entirely pos...
Dickipedia: Al Franken
November 3, 2008 - Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (Born May 21, 1951) is a comedian turned author turned commentator turned prospective politician. Somewhere in there he also turned into a dick, though it is difficult to pinpoint precisely when, probably sometime during the so-called "Al Franken Decade...
From The Feed: Nine Year Old Threatens Suicide At Prospect of Marriage to Ann Coulter
September 5, 2008 - Pompous, loudmouth, political blowhard hates Ann Coulter, loves Spongebob...
From The Room: The Land of 10,000 Lakes and Even More Guns
July 24, 2008 - I just visited Minnesota, which is not only a beautiful state, but an interesting one. It's the state whose former governor was a professional wrestler, and wh...
