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Minnesota Senate Poll: Most Voters Want Coleman To Quit

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | KEVIN DUCHSCHERE | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, Minnesota, Minnesotans Wants Coleman to Quit, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Senate Race Poll, Al Franken and Norm Coleman, Politics News

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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Al Franken, Norm Coleman Get A Court Date

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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

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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Michele Bachmann's Minnesota Race A Gift That Keeps Giving -- To Democrats

CQ Politics | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Fundraising, El Tinklenberg, Michele Bachmann, Politics News

Who was the biggest donor to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in March, transferring $250,000 to the House Democrats' campaign arm from...

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The Michele Bachmann Reality Show

Eric Hananoki | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reality TV, Minnesota, Cspan, House of Representatives, Politics, Michele Bachmann, Congress, House Republicans, Republicans, Politics News
Eric Hananoki

You kids can have your Susan Boyle and Adam Lambert. For my money, this season's breakout reality star is Rep. Michele Bachmann. She has turned CSPAN into The Surreal Life.

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Sam Stein

Norm Coleman Legal Fight To Bring In Cash For Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundraising Coleman, Minnesota, Pccc, Norm Coleman, Coleman Dollar, Dollar a Day, National Democrats, Politics News

For the first time since the Minnesota Senate recount began, national Democrats are raising money off of Norm Coleman's numerous legal appeals and pol...

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The Perils of Intervening in Somalia

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Al-Shabab, Minnesota, Islamic Courts Union, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Mogadishu, US Foreign Policy, Pirates, Djibouti, Abdullahi Yusuf, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia Pirates, Somali Pirates, World News
Nicole Stremlau

International collaboration and mutual understanding are key, as Somalia's concerns are best addressed from a Somali perspective.

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Al Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race...Again

Paul Begala | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Franken Senate, Minnesota, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Norm Coleman, Al Franken Senate Race, Al Franken, Al Franken Recount, Amy Klobuchar, Senator Al Franken, Al Franken Minnesota, Moorhead-Minnesota, Politics News
Paul Begala

If character were oil, Norm Coleman would be a quart low. He has lost the Minnesota Senate race. He also lost the recount. And the lawsuit. You see a trend here?

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Profiles in Bad Online Organizing: Part 1 (DSCC)

Adam Green | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc, MoveOn.Org, Norm Coleman, Change Congress, Al Franken, Adam Green, Bad Online Organizing, Dscc, Minnesota, Politics News
Adam Green

Every activist email must have a plausible "theory of change." People should see some concrete theory about why taking action could lead to a desired result.

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Sam Stein

Franken Picks Up 87 Votes; Frustration With Coleman Grows

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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

The news keeps getting worse for Norm Coleman, with a counting of previously-rejected ballots on Tuesday only adding to his deficit and a growing numb...

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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Senate Republicans Urge Coleman To Take Election Case To US Supreme Court

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Senate Republicans Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News

Senate Republicans are backing their beleaguered colleague in Minnesota, saying former Sen. Norm Coleman should push his election case all the way to ...

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Minnesota's US Senate Election - What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

The Uptake | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News
The Uptake

The Minnesota election contest has been a soap opera, drawing thousands of viewers from all over the country every day.

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Sam Stein

GOP Convention Arm Sued For Allegedly Bilking Firm Out Of $760,000

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Sued, Minnesota, 3 Dog Lawsuit, GOP Convention, Republican Committee, Jeff Larson, Larson Repbulican, 3 Dog Consulting, Republican Convention Vendors, Politics News

The Republican National Committee entity in charge of coordinating this past summer's convention in Minnesota is being accused by one of its vendors o...

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What is Best for Coleman?

Aaron Keyak | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, National Jewish Democratic Council, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Jta, Politics News
Aaron Keyak

I do not know Coleman personally, but I imagine that there aren't many people around him who consider Coleman's best interest over their own personal agendas.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune, Printers' Union To Resume Cost-Cutting Negotiations

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Industry, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Newspapers, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Media News

NEW YORK — The Star Tribune of Minneapolis and representatives of its printer's union said Thursday they will resume negotiations over cost cuts...

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Gay MN Senator Paul Koering's Email: Same-Sex Marriage a 'Pointless Issue'

Andy Towle | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Minnesota, Paul Koering, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Andy Towle

An aide to openly gay Minnesota senator Paul Koering has responded to letters about his recent decision not to support a marriage equality meas...

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Aristotle and the Minnesota Senate Seat

Tom Gerety | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, Senator Al Franken, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Mark Ritchie, Franken-Coleman-Senate-Race, Garrison Keillor, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Lake Votebegone, Thief River Falls, Politics News
Tom Gerety

What we do not need -- and should not tolerate -- is a dithering quest for perfection in elections -- like the one still underway in Minnesota.

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Coleman Wants Do-Over: Lawyers Ask That Election Be 'Set Aside' Altogether

Star Tribune | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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

For more than a month, Norm Coleman stressed flaws in Minnesota's election system. And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge pa...

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Norm Coleman 'Rests His Case'

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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

Norm Coleman's lawyers rested their case in the U.S. Senate recount trial this afternoon, clearing the way for Al Franken's attorneys to begin their c...

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Coleman Wants a Mulligan

David Goldstein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Dino Rossi, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Wa, Al Franken Minnesota, Politics News
David Goldstein

Franken was determined the winner by the rules in place at the time, and that makes him a more legitimate winner than Coleman and his ill-conceived and ultimately futile calls for a re-vote.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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SNL's Last Survivor

Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lorne Michaels, Marijuana, Al Franken, Buck Henry, Margot Kidder, Heroin, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss, Tom Davis, New York City, Michael O'Donoghue, Weed, Chevy Chase, Norm Coleman, Snl, Saturday Night Live, James Taylor, Cocaine, Bottled Water, Entertainment News
Dennis Perrin

Tom Davis has written a book any fan of American comedy will enjoy. His mind remains keen, his comic insights penetrating, his natural humor and humane persona evident throughout.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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NH-Sen & MN-Sen: Bipartisanship

Senate Guru | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Senate Races, Judd Gregg, Bipartisanship, Mn-Sen, Barack Obama, Minnesota Senate, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Nh-Sen, Minnesota Senate Race, Al Franken Minnesota, Politics News
Senate Guru

In desperately clinging to the myth that votes were widely double-counted, the Coleman camp repeats the concept "one man, one vote."

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Live Video: Coleman v Franken US Senate Seat Trial

The Uptake | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Video, Politics News
The Uptake

Watch: Former US Senator Norm Coleman's campaign is in court today trying to convince a three judge panel to overturn Al Franken's 225 vote lead in Minnesota's US Senate race.

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