Franken: My Tuesday swearing-in will feature Biden, Mondale, Klobuchar
(minnesotaindependent.com)
Vice President Joe Biden has been booked for Al Franken’s swearing-in as a U.S. Senator, and Franken says he will be accompanied at the ceremony by former Vice President Walter Mondale and Sen. Amy... More
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A chapter closes for the Coleman-Franken chattering classes
(minnesotaindependent.com)
What was that all about? We shook the last two 24-hour news cycles’ worth of media mumbo-jumbo on the Norm Coleman-Al Franken fracas, and this is what fell out. Franken won by being very, very... More
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Does Franken Solve the Filibuster Problem? | The American Prospect
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When Al Franken is sworn in as the new junior senator from Minnesota next week, there will be endless talk about the long interregnum between Election Day and his oath-taking. People will chatter... More
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Governor Coleman!
(washingtonindependent.com)
Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback:
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Low national poll numbers suggest Franken won’t follow in Obama’s footsteps
(minnesotaindependent.com)
A new poll suggests Sen.-elect Al Franken would have trouble following President Barack Obama’s vault from a single Senate-election victory to the White House. Beyond that, it’s not clear why it... More
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Tempting Fate
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
The buzz this morning is that former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) may now be mulling a run for governor in his home state of Minnesota.
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Expert: Calling Senate race ‘stolen’ robs the word ‘stolen’ of its meaning
(minnesotaindependent.com)
“Mr. Franken now goes to the Senate having effectively stolen an election,” pronounced the Wall Street Journal’s editorialists today. Election-law expert Edward Foley was quick to respond:... More
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Franken, Coleman sing in tune on ‘Magic Number 60′
(minnesotaindependent.com)
It wasn’t quite “Love Potion No. 9,” but Norm Coleman and Al Franken were singing in unison on the “Magic Number 60″ during their press events yesterday.
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THE NOT-SO-MAGICAL NUMBER
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Sen. John Cornyn (R) of Texas responded to Sen.-Elect Al Franken's (D) victory in Minnesota yesterday by immediately raising expectations for the majority party. "With their supermajority, the era of... More
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Fini
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
A great photo montage of Franken's announced win on Tuesday, marking the end of Election Day 2008 in Minnesota.
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