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MN U.S. Senate Hand Count: Challenged Ballots by Both Franken and Coleman Balloon on Day 3

Unlike GA's Still-Undecided Senate Race, At Least the Public Has Something on Which to Determine the Results in MN...

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Brad Friedman,
11/22/2008 -
12:05 pm PT

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Franken Gains on Coleman Again on Day 2 of U.S. Senate Race Hand Count in MN

Margin Between Two Shrinks to 129 Votes as Number of Challenged Ballots Grows

Official GOP Website Continues Baseless Claims of 'Stolen' Election...

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Brad Friedman,
11/20/2008 -
7:06 pm PT

17 Comments

Counting Minnesota & Watching the Watchers

Franken Gains in First Day of Counting, Media Play Fast and Loose with Numbers, GOP Prepares for the Worst...

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Brad Friedman,
11/19/2008 -
11:12 pm PT

10 Comments

GOP Still Forwarding MN Conspiracy Theories in U.S. Senate Election, Corporate Media Lends a Destructive Hand

State's Republican Governor Pawlenty Reverses Previous Claims, Admits 'No Actual Evidence of Wrongdoing or Fraud in the Process'...

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Brad Friedman,
11/17/2008 -
1:31 pm PT

4 Comments

Debunked: Republican’s ’32 Franken Ballots in a Car’ Story is Complete Nonsense, Never Happened

Central Claim of GOP Conspiracy Theory for 'Stolen' U.S. Senate Race in Minnesota Falls Apart (Though They've Yet to Acknowledge It, Of Course)...

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Brad Friedman,
11/13/2008 -
4:13 pm PT

27 Comments

National Republican Party Creates Conspiracy Site, Claims ‘Stolen Election’ in MN’s U.S. Senate Race

NRSC Publishes Unapologetic, Shameless, Evidence-Free Conspiracy Theories After Democrats Opened Door for Them to do so

And, Again, We Offer Our help to ALL Parties in the Bargain...

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Brad Friedman,
11/12/2008 -
3:33 pm PT

34 Comments

Alaska Stinks & Minnesota’s on Edge, So Here’s What Parties and Citizens Can Do to Try and Ensure Election Results with Integrity There and Elsewhere

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Brad Friedman,
11/9/2008 -
9:40 pm PT

50 Comments

Brad on ‘Meet the Bloggers’ (Again)

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Brad Friedman,
11/9/2008 -
9:09 pm PT

1 Comment

Rightwing Conspiracy Theory Bloggers Don Tinfoil Hats for Franken/Coleman U.S. Senate Race in MN

Republicanist John Hinderaker of PowerLine, Newcomer to Election Integrity Concerns, Charges 'Signs of Fraud' Without Any Such Evidence...

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Brad Friedman,
11/8/2008 -
6:30 pm PT

26 Comments

FILIBUSTER-PROOF DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY BEGINS TO LINE UP IN U.S. SENATE

Still-Outstanding Races in AK, MN, & GA May Well Add Up to 60 Seats for Democrats IF The Elections Are Counted As Per the Voters' Intent...

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Brad Friedman,
11/6/2008 -
3:54 pm PT

34 Comments

Al Franken’s Razor-Thin MN Senate Race Counted on Flawed Optical-Scan Systems

PLUS: Details on 'What in the Hell Happened in Alaska' and Georgia and Oregon...

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Brad Friedman,
11/5/2008 -
7:56 pm PT

63 Comments

Franken Good Enough, Smart Enough

And Gosh Darn It, About Half the People Like Him

UPDATE: AP 'UNCALLS' RACE, NOW 'TOO CLOSE TO CALL', WILL TRIGGER AUTOMATIC RECOUNT...

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Jim Cirile,
11/4/2008 -
11:41 pm PT

30 Comments

O’Reilly Incorrectly Reports Air America Radio as Out of Business

'They Fold[ed],' Explained Fox's Once-Popular Entertainer, Despite Evidence Suggesting His Radio Show Loses in Ratings to the Still-Operating Radio Network in Several Markets...

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Brad Friedman,
6/11/2008 -
7:09 pm PT

3 Comments

VIDEO – Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) On Al Franken (D-MN)

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Alan Breslauer,
2/8/2007 -
3:37 am PT

11 Comments

Air America to Live Another Day, Says HuffPo…

RELATED-ISH UPDATE: Sen. Norm Coleman Injured 'Dumpster Diving'!

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Brad Friedman,
1/29/2007 -
12:26 pm PT

55 Comments

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Articles in Category: Al Franken (Page 6)

Unlike GA's Still-Undecided Senate Race, At Least the Public Has Something on Which to Determine the Results in MN...

Margin Between Two Shrinks to 129 Votes as Number of Challenged Ballots Grows

Official GOP Website Continues Baseless Claims of 'Stolen' Election...

Franken Gains in First Day of Counting, Media Play Fast and Loose with Numbers, GOP Prepares for the Worst...

State's Republican Governor Pawlenty Reverses Previous Claims, Admits 'No Actual Evidence of Wrongdoing or Fraud in the Process'...

Central Claim of GOP Conspiracy Theory for 'Stolen' U.S. Senate Race in Minnesota Falls Apart (Though They've Yet to Acknowledge It, Of Course)...

NRSC Publishes Unapologetic, Shameless, Evidence-Free Conspiracy Theories After Democrats Opened Door for Them to do so

And, Again, We Offer Our help to ALL Parties in the Bargain...

Republicanist John Hinderaker of PowerLine, Newcomer to Election Integrity Concerns, Charges 'Signs of Fraud' Without Any Such Evidence...

Still-Outstanding Races in AK, MN, & GA May Well Add Up to 60 Seats for Democrats IF The Elections Are Counted As Per the Voters' Intent...

PLUS: Details on 'What in the Hell Happened in Alaska' and Georgia and Oregon...

And Gosh Darn It, About Half the People Like Him

UPDATE: AP 'UNCALLS' RACE, NOW 'TOO CLOSE TO CALL', WILL TRIGGER AUTOMATIC RECOUNT...

'They Fold[ed],' Explained Fox's Once-Popular Entertainer, Despite Evidence Suggesting His Radio Show Loses in Ratings to the Still-Operating Radio Network in Several Markets...

RELATED-ISH UPDATE: Sen. Norm Coleman Injured 'Dumpster Diving'!

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