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April 2009
- Franken Picks Up 87 Votes in Minn. Race
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Apr 7, 09 1:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As election officials in Minnesota tallied up some 350 previously-rejected Senate ballots today, Al Franken stretched out his lead over Norm Coleman by almost 90 votes, making it more than 312, the Star Tribune reports. That’s good news for Franken in Coleman’s lawsuit over the election, which a lawyer said today he'll appeal to the state Supreme Court. Coleman intends to argue that ballots weren’t treated equally. More »
- Stalled Minn. Senate Race a Home Run for Fundraisers
  
  Politico | Apr 6, 09 9:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - For some political fundraisers, the longer the Franken-Coleman race barrels onward, the better: it’s helping them pull down huge sums, Politico reports. Groups from both parties are hitting up their constituents for cash, using the Minnesota race to spark sympathy. “We need to expose these illicit attempts to steal the election. You can help us today,” reads an email to supporters from a GOP group fundraising for itself. More »
- For $89K, McCain's Bus Can Be Yours
  
  ABC News | Apr 3, 09 4:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The bus that took John McCain from Senate maverick to presidential hopeful can be yours for $89,000, ABC News reports. The Republican’s "Straight Talk Express"—powered by gas, not hot air—is for sale at BusForSale.com. No word on whether McCain’s planning on an upgrade or if he’s looking for extra recession cash. More »
- Alaska GOP Calls for Senate Race Do-Over
  
  Anchorage Daily News | Apr 3, 09 1:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The head of Alaska's Republican Party is calling for Democratic Sen. Mark Begich to step down and clear the way for a new election now that felony misconduct charges have been dropped against former Sen. Ted Stevens, reports the Anchorage Daily News . Stevens would not have lost in November if voters had known the "corrupt" Department of Justice would drop its case against him, claims Randy Reudrich. More »
- Clothes Spending Spree 'Out of Our Control:' Todd Palin
  
  Associated Press | Apr 2, 09 12:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Todd Palin says the $150,000 spending spree that outfitted his wife during last fall’s campaign was “out of our control,” the AP reports. “You come into a campaign late,” he told Men’s Journal . “You put all your trust into the team.” At least his Secret Service detail had a good time. “They liked cruising around with me,” describing trips to “the Arctic Cat snowmachine factory” and a NASCAR race. “Rough duty, hanging out with me.” More »
March 2009
- GOP Vows to Fight WWIII if Dems Try to Seat Franken
  
  Politico | Mar 30, 09 12:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With the Minnesota court ruling on the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman just days away, GOP honchos are warning that if they lose this round, they plan to go all the way to the highest court, even if it leaves the state's voters without a senator for years. In the meantime, if Dems dare to try to seat Al Franken, says Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, it will spark “World War III.” More »
- Take It to the Supreme Court: GOP to Coleman
  
  Politico | 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 the Supreme Court, Politico reports. And they're pointing to some notable case history: Bush v. Gore. More »
- Prez Won't Fight Tax on Health Benefits
  
  New York Times | Mar 15, 09 7:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite attacking John McCain for the idea on the campaign trail, President Obama will not oppose taxing some worker health benefits to fund health care reform, reports the New York Times reports. On the stump, Obama called a similar plan “the largest middle-class tax increase in history.” While some union leaders and firms are against the move, key legislators and economists back it. More »
- Irish Home of Prez's Ancestor Has O'Bama Fever
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 13, 09 3:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Moneygall, Ireland, has two pubs, 298 people, and happens to be the birthplace of Barack Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather, the Los Angeles Times reports. The fact is not lost on the quaint hamlet, where one pub flies an American flag and the plumbing supply company uses the president’s face in its ads. “There’s a definitive blood link between our family and Barack Obama,” said one eighth cousin. More »
- Minn. Recount Trial Goes to Judges
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Mar 13, 09 2:43 PM CDT
  
  (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 than not,” a Coleman lawyer said, that 1,360 rejected ballots are actually valid. More »
- Obama's Lobbyist Ban Haunting Him
  
  Politico | Mar 13, 09 8:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Obama’s campaign pledge to run a lobbyist-free White House is coming back to haunt him, writes Jonathan Martin in Politico. The problem is that there’s an army of Democratic specialists in hard-to-master policy areas who worked as lobbyists during the Bush administration—and they're all off-limits. “This town is filled with crackerjack tax attorneys, but you can go bowling in the Treasury hallway and not hit anybody,” says one lobbyist. More »
- Earmarks? No, 'Crank' Mac Warrants Earplugs
  
  American Prospect | Mar 10, 09 3:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Most also-ran candidates slip off quietly once the presidential campaign is over, and yet the media is still interested in what John McCain has to say. The attention is undeserved, Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect . McCain’s signature issue, earmarks, is “as substantively empty as could be,” and represents his “larger modus operandi” of cultivating journalists as a way to power. More »
- Minn. Court Rejects Franken Bid to Be Seated
  
  Associated Press | Mar 6, 09 3:04 PM CST
  
  (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 rejected. More »
- Joe the Plumber Sues Over Privacy Violations
  
  Cleveland Plain Dealer | Mar 6, 09 9:12 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - “Joe the Plumber” is suing former Ohio officials for violating his privacy, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Employees of the state’s family services department (since resigned) checked Samuel Wurzelbacher for unpaid child support obligations, after Sen. John McCain elevated him to prominence. “You shouldn't have to regret asking a reasonable question in a public forum of a presidential candidate,” says the head of the group representing Wurzelbacher. More »
- Franken Moves to Dismiss Coleman Lawsuit
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | 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 to further argue that the state’s election system is flawed, the Minnesota Star-Tribune reports. More »
- Coleman Team: 'Set Aside' This Election
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | 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 cannot be determined for which candidate those illegal votes were cast—the most appropriate remedy is to set aside the election.” More »
February 2009
- Coleman Won't Rule Out Further Minn. Challenges
  
  Politico | Feb 24, 09 4:38 PM CST
  
  (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 is currently behind Democratic challenger Al Franken by 225 votes in what the incumbent had called “the race that never ends.” More »
- Lobbyist Linked to McCain Ends Times Suit
  
  New York Times | Feb 20, 09 7:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist whose relationship with John McCain was the subject of an explosive New York Times article during the 2008 campaign, has settled her lawsuit against the paper. Iseman will receive no payment, and the Times has not retracted the article, which seemed to imply that she and McCain had an affair. But in an uncommon move, the paper has published a letter from Iseman's lawyers on its website. More »
- Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | 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 serves to disenfranchise some voters while allowing others with the same ballots to have their votes counted." More »
- Fairey Makes 'Pop Masquerading as Art'
  
  New Yorker | Feb 16, 09 4:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama image inspires “a thrill of concerted purpose,” writes Peter Schjeldahl in the New Yorker , but the same can't be said for the rest of Fairey’s work, on exhibition in Boston. While the Obama poster made something new and vibrant, writes Schjeldahl, Fairey tends to traffic in the old and eventually tiresome. More »