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December 2008
- Franken's Lead Shrinking
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 23, 08 4:33 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Al Franken's razor-thin lead in the Minnesota Senate race keeps getting narrower. The former Saturday Night Live writer holds a mere 48-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with most ballot challenges settled, down from the 251-vote advantage he had just last week, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. More »
- Franken Takes Lead by 250 Votes
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 19, 08 1:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After beginning the day with a slight deficit, Al Franken has opened up a 250-vote lead over incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s ongoing Senate race, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. While the race appears to be tipping Franken's way, don't expect any resolution until after the new year, given the complexity of the recount and its various legal challenges. More »
- It'll Be a Boy for Bristol: Gramps
  
  Grandparents.com | Dec 18, 08 11:11 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bristol Palin and babydaddy Levi Johnston will welcome a boy roughly any second now, spills Sarah Palin's dad in an interview with Grandparents.com, but "they don't have a name for it yet." Soon-to-be great-grandfather Chuck Heath said the guv will make a great grandmother. "I don't know about how much time she can spend, she's so busy. But she'll get her licks in," he said. More »
- Coleman Claims 150 Ballots Were Double-Counted
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 18, 08 9:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Minnesota Senate recount is moving at a one-step-forward, two-steps-back pace, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, with Republican Norm Coleman’s campaign saying 150 ballots were double-counted, and that the total tally needs to be adjusted by the Canvassing Board. The board, which is in the process of evaluating disputed ballots, says it doesn’t necessarily have the authority to judge Coleman’s claim. More »
- Obama Team Clogs Inboxes, Elicits Backlash
  
  Politico | Dec 17, 08 1:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and his various Internet organs are hawking everything from civic engagement and disaster relief to coffee mugs and fleece scarves, causing fatigue among supporters, Politico reports. And while some are just tired of incessant emails from the likes of David Plouffe, watchers are concerned about how the president-elect will use his revolutionary online presence once in office. “So far, there's been an aimless wander,” one says. More »
- Old Boys' Networks No More: TV's New Female Stars
  
  Vogue | Dec 17, 08 12:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The world of television news can be a journalistic proving ground during tumultuous times, and three women have bubbled to the top of the white-guy-dominated realm. Vogue takes a look at one veteran and two up-and-comers who have caught the mag's eye: Katie Couric—After months of ridicule and low ratings as the new CBS Evening News anchor, she's basking in a post-election glow. "I feel relieved and happy that I was in charge of a presidential election for a major network and actually did a good job," she says. "That's sort of a feather in my cap." More »
- Minn. Board Can't Keep Up With New Ballot Challenges
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 17, 08 10:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Minnesota state Canvassing Board began evaluating challenged ballots in the Senate recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. These votes, where one of the campaigns disputed voter intent, are the last major obstacle in the count. But the campaigns say that having seen the standards, they may revive some withdrawn challenges. More »
- Minnesota Senate Race Hangs on Pair of Rulings
  
  Politico | Dec 16, 08 8:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Minnesota’s hotly contested Senate race now hinges on two fast-approaching decisions: a state Supreme Court ruling on standards for counting mistakenly rejected ballots (arguments to be heard tomorrow), and the Canvassing Board’s decision on the number of challenged ballots to be officially counted (review begins today). Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s 192-vote lead over Al Franken is likely to shrink as the matters are finalized, Politico reports. More »
- Electoral College Needs Rehab
  
  New York Times | Dec 15, 08 6:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The 538 electors chosen to represent the will of the people cast their ballots for president today, officially ending the contest between Barack Obama and John McCain, writes Randall Lane for the New York Times . The otherwise-predictable ritual included a twist: a Nebraska elector voting for the candidate who won his congressional district (Obama), not the statewide vote (McCain). More »
- Recount Bares Flaws in Minn. Absentee System
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 15, 08 5:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A close examination of this year's Minnesota senate race has revealed significant flaws in the voting system that typically rejects 13% of absentee ballots—about 1,600 votes. State officials say the votes are "normally" rejected due to voter or official error, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The problem went unnoticed until this year's tight race forced state officials to reexamine the absentee system. More »
- Plouffe: This Was About Obama
  
  Portfolio | Dec 14, 08 11:02 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Stepping out from behind the curtain where he directed Barack Obama's earth-shaking campaign, David Plouffe quietly professes pride in the historic achievement to Lloyd Grove in Portfolio, and talks about a race where stability and consistency won the day and "Clinton might have won the nomination if she had just competed in the far-flung caucus states." Plouffe, who jumped into Obama's corner in January 2007, points to the benefit of an impromptu run: having to make it up as you go along. More »
- Obama Team's Stimulus 'Jolt' Nears $1T
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 13, 08 3:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s economic advisers are devising a new stimulus package that could top $1 trillion over 2 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Insiders say the $500 billion plan considered last month is too cautious given America’s mounting economic woes. "Every day there's a new bad number" in the economy, one insider said. "And people's sense of what the appropriate stimulus is rises." More »
- Gates: Don't 'Test' Obama
  
  BBC | Dec 13, 08 12:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates assured the world today that there would be continuity between the administrations of George Bush and Barack Obama, and that anyone who thought otherwise “would be sorely mistaken,” the BBC reports. Gates, who will be staying on in the Obama Cabinet, told an audience in Bahrain that any “test” of the new administration would be futile. More »
- Minn. Board: Count Wrongly Rejected Ballots
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 12, 08 2:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In a victory for Al Franken, Minnesota officials voted unanimously today to recommend counting previously rejected absentee ballots, the Star Tribune reports. The state’s five-member Canvassing Board urged all 87 counties to count ballots that had been improperly discarded—a figure that could approach 1,600. Norm Coleman's camp is trying to block the move from taking place. More »
- Oops, McCain Camp Sells Phone With Info
  
  MyFox Washington | Dec 12, 08 12:43 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - At a McCain campaign garage sale to recoup money spent on the trail, some investigative reporters picked up BlackBerrys—and got a journalistic treat, MyFox Washington reports. One device was full of campaign phone numbers and emails. The Smartphone had belonged to a Democratic organizer for McCain and offered a firsthand look at the world of grass-roots stumping. More »
- Daschle to Head Health Services, New Reform Office
  
  CQPolitics | Dec 11, 08 2:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As expected, President-elect Barack Obama today nominated Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, CQ Politics reports. Daschle will also head the new White House Office of Health Reform, geared toward providing near-universal health care to Americans. Daschle “will be responsible not just for implementing our health care plan,” Obama said. “He will also be lead architect.” More »
- Google Taps Zeitgeist, Finds Palin a Winner
  
  Google | Dec 11, 08 1:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Every year, Google releases its analysis of the global zeitgeist based on billions of searches around the world. Newsweek reports the highlights: Sarah Palin: "Obama" was the most searched for term overall, but the Alaska governor grabbed the top spot on the fastest-rising list. Beijing 2008: The world was understandably electrified by the spectacle of the Olympics in China. More »
- Emotional Franken Video: Count Our Votes
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 11, 08 9:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In its ongoing fight to get rejected absentee ballots re-evaluated, Al Franken’s Senate campaign released an emotionally charged video about uncounted voters, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune . The video includes one bedridden man—with his head on a Minnesota Vikings pillow—who implores, “I may be a quadriplegic, but we are still someone, and we deserve to have our votes counted.” Incumbent Norm Coleman’s campaign called the video “a new low,” aimed at discrediting election officials. More »
- 'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition
  
  Boston Phoenix | Dec 10, 08 7:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Boston Phoenix drew up its “Unsexiest Men” list in March, but the election season produced some new contenders, while others earned a reprieve. John Edwards: The perennial Dem also-ran wasn't on the first list, but his very public dalliance earns him a spot after a recount of sorts. Mike Huckabee: Though on the earlier list, the "sweet-natured creationist" receives a pardon for his success as a TV host. More »
- Unaired McCain Spot Blasts Rev. Wright
  
  ABC News | Dec 9, 08 5:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's campaign created a commercial slamming Barack Obama for his relationship with inflammatory pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 30-second spot, obtained by ABC News, contrasts McCain's years in a Vietnam POW camp with footage of Wright shouting "God damn America." The commercial was ready for release and even includes the tag, "I'm John McCain and I approve this message." More »