Al Franken
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Al Franken comes out of his shell
Washington Post-Chris Cillizza Blog &bull Yesterday
After largely keeping his head down during his first year in the Senate, Franken is showing hints of the rhetorical fire that made him such a lightning rod during his 2008 campaign against then Sen. Norm Coleman (R). The first interviews the former "Saturday Night Live" star conducted during his campaign were notably funny-free and wonky. There was no sign of the liberal firebrand who made a name for Air America radio network and… Full Story »
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Political activist Michael Douglas fights throat cancer
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Sep 1, 2010
Actor Michael Douglas is fighting for his life in his battle against stage 4 throat cancer. The Hollywood icon told David Letterman on Tuesday that his prognosis is good. According to CBS News, "The actor said he had just finished… Full Story »
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Former Sen. Norm Coleman: "There is No Effort to Replace Michael Steele"
ABC News - Politics &bull Sep 1, 2010
Rebutting weeks of speculation that he might be eyeing a bid to take over as chair of the Republican National Committee, former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman said on ABC News/Washington Post "Top Line" today that "there is no effort to… Full Story »
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AK-Sen: Miller escalates in the war against the NRSC
Daily Kos &bull Aug 31, 2010
You gotta say this for Joe Miller, he knows a fundraising opportunity when he sees one, and he sees one in the absentee ballot counting in the Alaska primary. Joe Miller's lawyers are asking for state troopers to be stationed… Full Story »
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Alaska Primary: Miller Concerned Murkowski May Try to "Pull an Al Franken"
The New American &bull Aug 31, 2010
The absentee ballots that were cast in Alaska's Republican Senate primary will be counted on August 31. Current estimates are that about 7,600 absentee ballots will be counted. Challenger Joe Miller currently leads incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski by 1,668 votes. Although outspent by about 10 to 1, Joe Miller, a U.S. Army veteran who received his commission from West Point and was awarded a Bronze Star, has run a strong campaign holding Murkowski accountable based on adherence to the U.S. Constitution. Miller has voiced his concerns about attorneys from the Republican National Senatorial Committee flying to Alaska to help Murkowski… Full Story »
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Uncertainty surrounds senate race
Anchorage Daily News - Opinion &bull Aug 31, 2010It's possible Sen. Lisa Murkowski will win the Republican primary election, but the road to victory is challenging. By now, she must be contemplating what she will do if Joe Miller prevails after the final count. Accept the voters' verdict. This would… Full Story »
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After supporting Pawlenty, Minneapolis cops back Dayton
Star Tribune Politics &bull Aug 30, 2010This was about relationships," said Lt. John Delmonico, longtime president of the police union. The union has endorsed both Democrats and Republicans before -- two years ago Republican Norm Coleman won the group's nod over Democrat Al Franken in the… Full Story »
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Joe Miller: 'There certainly is an effort to skew the results still going on'
Washington Post - The Fix &bull Aug 30, 2010
Alaska attorney Joe Miller (R) said Monday that ballot shenanigans continue to mar the vote-counting process in the wake of his Aug. 24 primary challenge to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. There certainly is an effort to skew the results still going… Full Story »
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Texas for Sarah Palin: Stacy McCain: Joe Miller, RINO hunter
texas4palin.blogspot.com via @checktothepower &bull Aug 30, 2010Stacy McCain at The American Spectator reports that the Murkowski campaign has lawyered up with Mike Roman, who worked on Norm Coleman's behalf in the 2008 Minnesota recount that that made comedian Al Franken a U.S. Murkowski's campaign is "bringing in the big shots," Miller campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto said in a telephone interview late Sunday. Meanwhile, voters who cast absentee ballots were reporting that they had gotten calls asking how they'd voted -- the names of absentee voters are a matter of public record… Full Story »
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Will Alaska's Lisa Murkowski "Pull an Al Franken"?
The New American &bull Aug 30, 2010
Alaska's leading GOP Senate primary contender Joe Miller, an Iraq war veteran, voiced concerns last week that his opponent, Lisa Murkowski, will "pull an Al Franken." By that, Miller means that Murkowski may launch a lengthy legal battle to save her Senate seat. In November 2008, Al Franken engaged in a protracted legal battle for the Senate seat of incumbent Norm Coleman. Coleman was initially declared… Full Story »
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Leslie Harris: Why Al Franken Was Right About Net Neutrality
Huffington Post &bull Aug 30, 2010
Last week Senator Al Franken made an important speech, calling Internet neutrality "the First Amendment issue of our time." If I had heard that claim... Full Story »
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Mud Soup 8/30/10
Minnesota Campaign Report &bull Aug 30, 2010
Audio of Sen. Al Franken at The Fair, from MPR. Sen. Franken discusses, among other things, how each cloture vote requires 30 hours when nothing else can happen, how Republicans are filibustering nominees and bills they vote yes on, and… Full Story »
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Murkowski calls Joe Miller 'paranoid' in sign of GOP chaos
McClatchy &bull Aug 28, 2010
ANCHORAGE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, criticized for not hitting back harder at her primary opponent before Tuesday's election, lashed out on Friday at fellow Republican Joe Miller as "paranoid" for suggesting her campaign's lawyers wanted to skew the results of… Full Story »
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Minnesota's Future
Power Line &bull Aug 28, 2010
American ThinkerArmavirumqueBelmont ClubBig GovernmentBig HollywoodBig JournalismBig LizardsClaremont InstituteContentionsDartblogGateway PunditHot AirInstaPunditLucianneMichelle MalkinNo Left TurnsReal Clear PoliticsRicochetRoger L. Minnesota's Future is a group that is trying to keep Minnesota's governorship out of the hands of Mark ultra-liberal Mark Dayton. Dayton is an… Full Story »
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Lessons from a low-impact week
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Aug 28, 2010
That was the subject line on a recent e-mail I sent out to family, friends, column readers and radio listeners asking them to join me for a week in trying to reduce our individual environmental footprint. Inspired by Colin Beavan's prophetic book "No Impact Man," I proposed four pollution- and waste-reducing steps many people could try for a few days: Stop consuming meat, devote one meal… Full Story »
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Friday link dump: Hurry-up offense edition
War Room &bull Aug 27, 2010
War Room is our political news and commentary blog, with coverage and commentary throughout the day from Alex Pareene and original reporting and analysis from Justin Elliott, Steve Kornacki and the rest of Salon's news team. Glenn Beck and Sarah… Full Story »
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NRA doesn't endorse Reid
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Aug 27, 2010
Harry Reid may still have a fighting chance to win campaign (or we may be looking at Senator "None of These Candidates"), but this won't help: The NRA -- which has endorsed Reid in the past, because the dude loves guns, and even… Full Story »
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Alaska: A Redux of Minnesota 2008?
The Atlantic: Politics &bull Aug 27, 2010
After the 2008 Minnesota Senate race, Norm Coleman and Al Franken were locked in a months-long recount and challenge process, and Alaska's Joe Miller--who leads incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski by 1,688 votes, with absentees and contested ballots yet to be… Full Story »
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Miller suggests Murkowski is a prostitute
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Aug 27, 2010
What's the difference between selling out your party's values and the oldest profession? Miller is referring to the continuing vote count in the primary contest, which hinges on absentee ballots that have not yet been counted. Murkowski is not conceding,… Full Story »
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Our new welfare queens, the undeserving unemployed
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Aug 27, 2010
Neither party has advanced a sufficiently ambitious plan to stimulate the economy and put Americans back to work, but only the Republicans have argued against extending federal assistance to the unemployed. Loud voices among them -- notably those of Sharron Angle and Rand… Full Story »
