A vote for Al Franken is a vote for the lizard people!
Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Kevin Duchschere | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
The weekend isn't bringing any respite in the Minnesota Senate recount. Ballots in the ultra-close race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat ...
The Uptake | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
The Al Franken campaign today produced ballots challenged by the Norm Coleman for Senate campaign and pointed out an interesting pattern.
Minnesota Independent | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman broke his silence on the recount in Minnesota's election for the seat he holds today, saying "I'm a winner" and predicting that...
Minnesota Public Radio | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Representatives from the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken have been challenging ballots across the state. It's your turn to play electio...
The Uptake | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Norm Coleman has already claimed victory, but will his 216 vote lead hold up to a recount?
AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota judge has granted a request by Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken for the release of information on voters who...
Fox News | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is up to her old tricks, it would seem. On Hardball in October, the then-freshman representative told Chris M...
The Uptake | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Tomorrow morning when the recount in Minnesota's very close US Senate race starts the score will be "zero to zero" according to Al Franken's campaign ...
David Kirby | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living
Idil, a Somali mother in Minnesota, told me she had been trying for more than a year to get state officials to pay attention to all the sick kids in the local Somali community. She's now "taking off the gloves."
The Uptake | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
The audit had some indications that getting more than a hundred county and local government units to follow certain standards and procedures in the anticipated recount may be difficult.
David Kirby | Posted 12.15.2008 | Living
Why is the reported rate of autism among children of Somali refugees so alarmingly high (now an estimated 1-in-28 schoolchildren)? When I first heard about this phenomenon, my reporter's instinct told me it could be a very big story.
CNN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Democrat Al Franken's campaign filed a lawsuit Thursday in Ramsey County, Minnesota, requesting the names of all individu...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...
Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
'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.
Brad Friedman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Home
Setting aside whether or not a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is a good or bad thing, the undecided races at this hour are quickly summarized below.
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Local news reports: The vote gap between Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken fluctuated throughout the day Thursday, with Franken closing t...
Politico | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
After suggesting that Barack Obama had anti-American views in an exchange three weeks ago with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Min...
Billy Kimball | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Though I lived in Minneapolis for a year to produce Al Franken's radio show, I am not an expert on local politics. But I do know that his Senate contest that was a statistical toss-up on Election Day remains one right now.
Associated Press | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
MINNEAPOLIS - Some Minnesota voters saw long lines Tuesday morning and waits of about an hour as they participated in an election that's expected to s...
The Minnesota Independent | Chris Steller | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
An e-mail to Minnesotans from the McCain-Palin campaign gets the state's same-day voting requirements wrong. The Minnesota Independent's Andy Birkey s...
Win McCormack | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Minnesota boasts the first Muslim Congressman in the United Stages, Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, who has been attacked by conservative Glen Beck, formerly of CNN and now at Fox.
David Doody | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home
A teacher in Northeast Minneapolis and her fifth and sixth graders, frustrated by the fact that they could not vote, hit the streets to register people to vote. Now this seems like the kind of thing we need.
Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
***Check Back For Updates And Results As They Become Available*** The Minnesota Senate race has been a hotly contested one, with polls showing incumb...
Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics