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24 Nov 2010 17:08

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Politics: Norm Coleman to Joe Miller: Pot calls kettle, says “don’t do this”

  • Without criticizing Joe Miller, I would offer him advice. I think it’s the same advice that Fred Thompson and others have offered recently. It should be time to move on.
  • Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman • Offering Joe Miller the kind of advice that Coleman himself probably needed in the wake of 2008’s Minnesota Senate campaign, which he lost to Al Franken after approximately six months of fighting tooth and nail. (Though, granted, Coleman’s tally was much tighter – literally hundreds of votes) The fact that Coleman is saying that Joe Miller should call it a day in his race against Lisa Murkowski offers a lot of heft which it otherwise wouldn’t have. source
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06 Jul 2009 21:52

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U.S.: People don’t seem all that excited about Senator Al Franken

  • 44% of people nationwide disapprove of the guy who spent eight months fighting Norm Coleman for his Minnesota seat
  • 34% kinda like him, and 22% are undecided, but as you can see by the poll numbers, many think he’s a big fat idiot source
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30 Jun 2009 21:23

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U.S.: Norm Coleman: Gritting his teeth but accepting the decision

  • I told him it’s the best job he’ll ever have – representing Minnesota in the United States Senate. The Supreme Court has spoken, I will respect its decision, and abide by its results,
  • Former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman • On losing a long, contested battle with former funnyman Al Franken. The Republican famously fought tooth and nail to keep his seat showing up on talk shows and having a constant perch in the courtroom where the election’s fate was being decided. But it wasn’t enough to save his seat. • source
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30 Jun 2009 21:17

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U.S.: Al Franken had a hair-rippingly long wait for his Senate seat

  • eight months Time between the November 4 election and today’s Minnesota Supreme Court decision
  • seven weeks Amount of time Norm Coleman diligently fought against Franken in the court case source
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30 Jun 2009 21:02

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U.S.: About freaking time! Minnesota’s Al Franken finally feels the Senate love

Norm Coleman finally conceded after a court decision. Get ready liberals, ’cause one of your own is coming to bust heads in The District! source
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21 Apr 2009 10:36

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U.S.: Norm Coleman drags the Minnesota Senate seat fight out – again

  • The Minnesota tradition in law [is] to enfranchise people, and their decision disenfranchises many Minnesotans whose votes have been wrongly rejected.
  • Norm Coleman • Who has bitterly fought Al Franken in a tightly-contested senate race that should have ended six months ago, considering it’s almost May. With just a couple hundred votes separating the two, Franken was declared winner in a court decision, but Coleman filed an appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court. You know, we understand why Coleman’s fighting so hard, but there has to be a point where you just give it up out of respect for a state which hasn’t had proper representation for nearly four months. • source
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13 Apr 2009 21:32

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U.S.: Good God, it’s April. The Minnesota Senate race still isn’t over?

  • 312 votes number of votes Al Franken leads by; a state court ruled him the leading vote-getter today
  • seven weeks the length of the trial to decide this fate; Norm Coleman can (and probably will) still appeal source
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31 Mar 2009 20:59

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U.S.: Al Franken and Norm Coleman are STILL fighting for that senate seat

  • 400 votes stand between someone winning the Minnesota seat source
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11 Jan 2009 14:31

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U.S.: Is Al Franken the GOP’s Public Enemy No. 1?

  • Republicans hate him. The former “Saturday Night Live” writer and actor is that kind of guy that brings everyone together by pulling them apart. Now he’s likely to be in the U.S. Senate. Says Minnesota Republican Party Chair Ron Carey, “I don’t know if we’ve ever had an opponent who is so disliked by Republicans as Al Franken.”
  • Norm’s a long-shot. Despite initially being in the lead (barely) prior to the recount, an unlikely-to-hold-water court challenge is the only thing that stands in the way of Norm Coleman losing his senate seat to Franken. Some analysts say that Franken’s history as a liberal commentator and entertainer will come to haunt him in office. source
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05 Jan 2009 21:13

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U.S.: Minn. senate race: A couple hundred votes, a big difference

  • 215 votes, the lead Norm Coleman held over Al Franken after the initial count
  • 225 votes Franken led by (after a recount) when he claimed victory today source
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