In a press conference in Paris, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke downplayed the issue of fraud in the Afghanistan election -- even...
Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
Throughout your campaign and its aftermath, you went out of your way to not be funny -- please free your sense of humor from whatever black site it's been languishing in for the last two years.
AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The man who lost the 1998 Minnesota governor's race to pro wrestler Jesse Ventura now holds the distinction of losing his U.S....
Abe Silk | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Well the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" took what seemed like 10,000 years, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruled yesterday in a unanimous decision to certify Al Franken's election victory.
Jesse Berney | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
What keeps Democrats from accessing their inner Tom DeLay and ramming effective bills through when they clearly have the power to do so? They've got a bug. It's called bipartisanship.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media
Yesterday, Al Franken, after a protracted Hundred Years War with Norm Coleman that played out in front of every legal body in the state of Minnesota, ...
The Star Tribune | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
In another sign of the high stakes in Minnesota's disputed U.S. Senate election, Republicans are giving big donations to a national fundraising organi...
The Hill | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
It looks to be a split decision on former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) request to use campaign funds for a legal matter...
The Star Tribune | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
After the 2008 Senate race ended in a virtual tie last November, I wrote that Minnesotans had tossed a coin that landed on its edge: Many voters, it s...
AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election ...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
Clearly, Norm Coleman isn't exactly tech-savvy. After a speaking engagement in St. Louis this week, he told a video-camera wielding supporter that the...
Minnesota Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
...Like an Agatha Christie mystery, all the key players arrived on the scene, as if reprising their performances since the recount began. Friedberg, t...
Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
A victory for Coleman would entrench the equal-treatment principle that the Supreme Court opportunistically adopted in Bush v. Gore while striking a blow for fairer election practices.
The Uptake | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
Rumors say that the judges will roll out their decision around the 4th of July, though there isn't substance to that particular date. The bigger question will be: will Pawlenty - now rumored to be running for Prez - sign the certificate?
The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics
Monday's oral arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court may finally bring an end to the state's protracted Senate race, and both sides are proclaim...
MSNBC | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
Although the Minnesota Supreme Court won't begin hearing arguments in the never-ending Norm Coleman vs. Al Franken recount until June 1, there are two...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
Former Minnesota Governor and one-time professional wrestler Jesse Ventura went public on Larry King Live yesterday with some harsh criticisms of the ...
CQ Politics | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
Republican activists remain confident that Minnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty will help Norm Coleman continue his fight to be declared the winne...
Politico | MANU RAJU & JOSH KRAUSHAAR | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's shocking decision last week to become a Democrat has upped the ante in the never-ending Minnesota Senate race, provi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics
In an interview with Katie Couric on the CBS News webcast after Obama's press conference Wednesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he doesn't hold out ...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune | KEVIN DUCHSCHERE | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken, but just as many believe the voting sy...
Senate Guru | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
Although 57 percent of Republican poll respondents approve of Coleman's appeal to the state Supreme Court, the same portion of Republicans want him to quit should he lose there.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics
On June 1, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear the case of Sen. Norm Coleman versus erstwhile latenight comedian Al Franken, a case which the voters...
StarTribune.com | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
Norm Coleman today proposed a more leisurely schedule for his election appeal than Al Franken wants, asking that oral arguments in the case be held no...
Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics