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Minnesota Senate Race

Dear Sen. Franken: The Terrorists (and Fox News) Win If You Stop Making Jokes

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Fox News, Seinfeld, U.S. Senate, Minnesota Senate Race, Kurt Vonnegut, Al Franken, Politics News
Ariel Gonzalez

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.

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Coleman For Governor? Discussions Underway In GOP

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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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....

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Al Franken Gets the Last Laugh

Abe Silk | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Minnesota Recount, Ann Coulter, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Robert Byrd, Joe Lieberman, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Abe Silk

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.

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Why "60 Votes" Doesn't Matter (and 70 Wouldn't Either)

Jesse Berney | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Tom Delay, 60-Vote-Senate, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, President Obama, Minnesota Senate Race, Filibuster, Health Care, Politics News
Jesse Berney

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.

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Jason Linkins

Franken's Critics Agonize Over Senate Victory (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Paranoia, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Media News

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, ...

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Poll: Majority of Minnesota Voters No Longer Remember Who They Voted For

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Minnesota Senate Race, Andy Borowitz, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

As newly anointed Minnesota Senator Al Franken prepares to take his seat in Washington, a new survey was published.

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WATCH: Congratulations, Senator Franken!

Lee Stranahan | Posted 06.30.2009 | Comedy

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GOP Committee Spent $900,000 To Pay Coleman's Legal Bills

The Star Tribune | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Nrsc, Minnesota Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Coleman-Legal-Bills, Politics News

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...

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FEC Says Coleman Can Use Campaign Funds To Pay Some Legal Bills

The Hill | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Nasser Kazeminy, Norm Coleman, Federal Election Commission, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, FBI Coleman, Coleman Lawsuit, Fec, Politics News

It looks to be a split decision on former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) request to use campaign funds for a legal matter...

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Star Tribune Column: It's Time For Coleman To "Go Away"

The Star Tribune | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Norm Coleman Ordered To Pay Al Franken $95K By Minnesota Court

AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election ...

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Norm Coleman: Key To Republican Success Lies In The "Ethernet"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Coleman, Politics News

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...

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Norm Coleman Escorted To Court By Criminal Defense Lawyer

Minnesota Post | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Supreme Court, Politics News

...Like an Agatha Christie mystery, all the key players arrived on the scene, as if reprising their performances since the recount began. Friedberg, t...

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Resurrecting Bush v. Gore

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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Nicholas Stephanopoulos

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.

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Coleman v Franken: The Appeal, June 1, 9 AM

The Uptake | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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The Uptake

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?

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Franken, Coleman Prep For Arguments Before Minnesota Supreme Court On Monday

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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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...

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NRSC Paying Coleman's Legal Bills

MSNBC | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Jesse Ventura: Coleman A "Hypocrite," I Would Waterboard Cheney (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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Former Minnesota Governor and one-time professional wrestler Jesse Ventura went public on Larry King Live yesterday with some harsh criticisms of the ...

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Tim Pawlenty Will "Fight Like Hell" For Coleman: Minnesota Republicans

CQ Politics | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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Republican activists remain confident that Minnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty will help Norm Coleman continue his fight to be declared the winne...

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For GOP, Incentive To Have Coleman Hold Out Till The Bitter End

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOSH KRAUSHAAR | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Arthur Delaney

Paul Ryan: "Most Of Us Think" Norm Coleman Has Lost Senate Race (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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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 ...

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Minnesota Senate Poll: Most Voters Want Coleman To Quit

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | KEVIN DUCHSCHERE | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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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...

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MN-Sen: Two New Polls Say Minnesotans Want Coleman to Concede Already

Senate Guru | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Senate Guru

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.

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Al Franken, Norm Coleman Get A Court Date

Chicago Tribune | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Coleman Asks For More Time To File Appeal

StarTribune.com | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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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...

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