The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Former Sen. Norm Coleman, Minnesota Republican, who narrowly lost his bid for a second term in a bitter eight-month recount battle with Democrat Al Franken, may be poised for an improbable comeback after a new survey showed that half of all Republicans polled would support him if he enters the gubernatorial race next year. Mr. Coleman has largely stayed out of the limelight since...
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
As the recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman in the MN-SEN race moved along, Franken's lead attorney Marc Elias claimed that his candidate was winning and that the numbers would eventually prove him right. The pundits and talking heads laughed at him initially; I hoped that he wasn't just bluffing and they really had gotten as organized as I'd heard. As the numbers began to swing...
The SideTrack (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Library Grape (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The FAIL in this is so bright, so blinding, that I hardly know what to say: On Monday, ThinkProgress reported that failed Conservative Party candidate had rescinded his concession to Democrat Bill Owens in the NY-23 special congressional election. The next day, however, Hoffman’s spokesman said he was un-conceding the race , adding that they weren’t planning on challenging the results....
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... Court ruled that Franken received a final tally of 1,212,629 votes to unseat Republican Sen. Norm Coleman by 312 votes.
Perri Nelson's Website (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... that Washington’s new governor had used – pull off a similar feat to overturn Norm Coleman’s victory – and assume a seat in the Senate. Allegations of fraud surfaced in that race as well. In both of these cases, a Democrat overturned a Republican victory. At this point it’s not really worth going back and rehashing things. Yes, fraud was involved in both...
