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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Al Franken stories: 117 news summaries

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book review

 SNL Insider Dishes
 on Early Days 

Sketch writer offers backstage pass to zany early years

Mar 19, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The early seasons of Saturday Night Live “set an almost impossibly high bar” for the future, writes Stephanie Zacharek in Salon, and Al Franken’s writing partner shows why in his new book. Tom Davis offers a backstage pass to early antics at 30 Rock, and it's a compelling... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tom Davis • memoir • George Harrison • Al Franken • Chris Farley

Take It to the Supreme Court: GOP to Coleman

Could Bush v. Gore save the Minnesota Republican?

Mar 17, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s only one thing you need to know about the Minnesota Senate race: It will never end. Norm Coleman, waiting on a state court to rule on his challenge to Al Franken’s 225-vote lead, is being urged by top Republicans to take his case all the way to... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • US Supreme Court • Bush vs. Gore

(Newser) - The Minnesota recount trial is finally out of the lawyers’ hands, with both sides claiming certain victory, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Now the judges will weigh evidence provided by Norm Coleman’s and Al Franken’s teams and decide exactly which votes to count. “It’s more likely... More »

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Senate • trial • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • Minnesota Supreme Court • election challenge • absentee ballots

Franken Sees End Near in Minn. Senate Dispute

Candidate optimistic in meeting with Democratic senators

Mar 10, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Franken sees “a light at the end of the tunnel” in the legal dispute between him and Republican Norm Coleman over a Minnesota Senate seat, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Franken expects to win the current election trial, but believes Coleman will appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Franken... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • disputed election • election • election results

(AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the US Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to be resolved. Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes. Coleman's ongoing lawsuit argues some uncounted absentee ballots were wrongly... More »

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Congress • Senate • trial • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • Mark Ritchie • Minnesota Supreme Court • election certificate

 Franken 
 Moves to 
 Dismiss 
 Coleman 
 Lawsuit 

Coleman hasn't met his burden of proof, he says

Mar 5, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Franken asked judges today to dismiss a lawsuit that has bogged down Minnesota’s US Senate vote recount, saying Republican opponent Norm Coleman didn’t prove his claim that 2000 absentee ballots were improperly rejected. Since resting their case, Coleman’s lawyers have focused on using Franken’s witnesses... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

Predict Minn. Senate Race
in Online Game

Play 'Seat the Senator' for an autograph from the eventual winner

Mar 4, 09 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Political junkies can play out the Minnesota Senate race in an online game called "Seat the Senator," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Set up by the National Wildlife Federation, the game challenges players to guess who will be sworn in as Minnesota’s senator and when—up until... More »

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Congress • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • disputed election • senator • National Wildlife Federation

 Coleman Team: 
 'Set Aside' This 
 Election 

GOP defense rests most of case; now it's Franken's turn

Mar 3, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for Norm Coleman suggested the election should be "set aside" in a letter to the court reviewing Minnesota’s US Senate election results, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “Some courts have held that when the number of illegal votes exceeds the margin between the candidates—and it... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

Coleman Still Has a Chance: Minn. Governor

Pawlenty warns Senate that GOP will fight seating of Franken

Mar 1, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants his constituents—and Democratic senators—to know that Franken-Coleman race isn't over, the Hill reports. The Republican governor stresses that "to be able to guess how it's going to come out is challenging," due to legal intricacies, and he promises woe to the... More »

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Harry Reid • Norm Coleman • filibuster • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • US Senate

(Newser) - Norm Coleman expects a decision on the US Senate race in Minnesota within weeks, and hopes “they’ll do the right thing,” but has not decided whether to challenge a decision, Politico reports. “I’m not ruling it in or ruling it out,” he said. Coleman... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Minnesota Supreme Court • election challenge

Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'

Trial rhetoric escalates as judges deny Coleman ballots

Feb 19, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Norm Coleman's lawyers lambasted the judges in Minnesota's recount trial for again refusing to reconsider certain rejected absentee votes that would narrow Al Franken's 225-vote lead in the Senate race, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. The attorneys called the rulings a "legal quagmire" and said the "fatal inconsistency... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • disputed election • absentee ballots

 Republicans 
 Shell Out 
 to Fight 
 Franken 



59th Dem seat would make legislating easy for left

Feb 15, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - After President Obama slipped a bill through Congress with just three Republicans’ support, the GOP is digging in to prevent a 59th Democrat from taking Minnesota's contested Senate seat. Al Franken currently leads the interminable race by 225 votes, but Republicans are pouring cash into Norm Coleman’s legal bid... More »

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Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • fundraising

(Newser) - Minnesota judges handed Norm Coleman a setback today in his his bid for a Senate race recount against Al Franken, Talking Points Memo reports. In the preliminary ruling, the three-judge panel said 12 of 19 categories of rejected absentee ballots should not be tallied. "The facts do not show... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • recount

 Franken Hits 
 DC; Coleman 
 Does, Too 

Franken prepares, Coleman raises money, as endless election contest drags

Feb 11, 09 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - With the outcome of Minnesota’s US Senate election still tied up in court, Al Franken is in DC preparing for what appears to be his new job. "It's a symbolic step to show Minnesota voters that Franken is doing what he needs to do to be ready to... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Washington, DC • recount

Court Clears Way for GOP Lawsuit in Minn. Recount

Al Franken's request to block Coleman case rejected

Jan 23, 09 2:14 AM CST
(Newser) - A panel of Minnesota judges has rejected Al Franken's request to dismiss Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging the recount in the state's Senate race, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A trial that may last for weeks is set to start Monday to weigh Coleman's claims of widespread irregularities in the recount... More »

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Senate • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • recount

 Franken, Coleman Meet 
 With Senate Leaders 

Washington is latest stage for Minnesota combatants

Jan 22, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - As Al Franken’s lawyers asked a Minnesota court to dismiss Norm Coleman’s challenge to election results there, both Senate hopefuls traveled to Washington today meet with party leaders, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “The race in Minnesota is over with,” Harry Reid said after conferring... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • election challenge

 Coleman 
 Now Seeks 
 Total Recount 

Wants absentee ballots reconsidered

Jan 20, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is abruptly reversing strategy in his court action challenging the results of the US Senate race he narrowly lost to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman now wants all 12,000 absentee ballots rejected during the recount to be reconsidered—the same ballots... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Minnesota Supreme Court • absentee ballots

OPINION

 Minn. Recount 
 Violates Constitution 

Arbitrary calls are reminiscent of Florida 2000: Paulsen

Jan 15, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota's Senate recount "is Florida 2000 all over again," Michael Stokes Paulsen writes in the Wall Street Journal. "The details differ, but not in terms of arbitrariness, lack of uniform standards" and other bad precedents the decision in Bush v. Gore created. The situation "isn't just... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • recount • US Senate

UPDATED

 Minn. Denies 
 Franken Certification Bid 

Legal process must run its course in Senate race, Gov. Pawlenty says

Jan 12, 09 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota officials turned down Al Franken’s request that he be certified as senator, the AP reports, just hours after his attorneys argued that a waiting period had passed for challenges. Though Franken emerged from the recount 225 votes ahead of incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, Coleman is challenging the result... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • certification • Election 2008 • recount

Republicans
Put Bullseye
on Franken

Minnesota GOP
hopes hatred of him can galvanize party

Jan 10, 09 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Barring a surprise court decision, Al Franken will be Minnesota's junior senator, but the battle has just begun as far as Minnesota Republicans are concerned. They’re counting on hatred of the SNL alum to galvanize the state party for years to come. “It’s impossible to overstate the... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken

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