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Inhofe On Franken: "We Are Going To Get The Clown"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: A week after calling him a "clown," Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) embraced new Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the Senate floor. Inhofe said he and...

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Franken's Absence Proving A Win-Win For The GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The foot-dragging on the part of officials in Minnesota when it comes to certifying the state's Senate election winner is having serious ramifications...

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Senate Dems May Try To Seat Franken

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Coleman's Senate office has been ordered closed, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: With the recount battle still underway, the doors to ...

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Coleman Should Concede to Victorious Senator Franken

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleman's earlier admonishments about healing quickly and sparing taxpayer dollars have given way to a stubborn refusal to be a man of his word.

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Franken, If Up In Votes, Should Be Seated Before Legal Battles End: Klobuchar

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With concern rising in Minnesota that the state could be without a Senator for the crucial early months of the next Congress, Sen. Amy Klobuchar weigh...

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GOP Group In Panic Over Possible Franken Win

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The possible, perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP officials into a paranoid tizzy. In an "urgent message" to supporte...

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Franken Senate Victory Projected

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded hi...

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Franken On Ballot Challenges: I'll Have Less Than 500

HuffPost, Minnesota Independent, MinnPost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Franken campaign has again lowered the number of ballot challenges they will submit on Tuesday. As reported by MinnPost.com, the campaign sent ou...

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I Wonder If Al Franken Still Is Dismissive of Election Fraud Now

Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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'm trying very hard to keep from gloating inwardly about Al Franken's plight, since, from Election Day, 2004, he has always pointedly denied the evidence of fraud by the Republicans.

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Franken Inches Forward To Claiming Senate Lead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Staffers for Al Franken, who once worried that the Minnesota Democrat would fall short against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman even after a recount, now ...

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Franken, Dems, Have Recount History On Their Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Minnesota Senate race remains undecided, separated by a margin of less than 500 votes. But despite the narrowness of the contest -- and the fact t...

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Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Se...

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Franken's Main Opponent Drops Senate Bid

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — Al Franken's main competition for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate dropped out Monday, giving the comedian-turned-candida...

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Al Franken Launches First Senate Campaign Ads

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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From Minnesota's Duluth Journal: Al Franken for Senate announced today that two television ads will begin running on all four major broadcast network...

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