1.0 link 182191 <![CDATA[Franken's Fate In Hands Of GOP Gov. Pawlenty]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/02/frankens-fate-in-hands-of_n_182191.html The legal fight between Al Franken and Norm Coleman is headed to the desk of Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- a no-win predicament for a Minnesota Republican with his eye on a White House run in 2012.

Franken won big Tuesday when a three-judge panel allowed the review of no more than 400 absentee ballots in a race he currently leads by 225 votes. Coleman's camp says an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court is coming; once that's done, the dispute lands...

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