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Senator Al Franken Draws US Map from Memory

At the Minnesota State Fair. Pretty impressive.

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Anti-Gay Marriage Watch: What’s Your Argument Again?

Notice that the below commercial in support of excluding gays from civil marriages in Minnesota actually offers no direct argumentative supports for the position at all. Watch: ___ In the intellectually bankrupt culture surrounding the anti-gay marriage movement, it’s taken to be acceptable to … Continue reading

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Al Franken, the comic book?

According to the Washington Post, Minnesota Senator Al Franken has a liberal profiles-in-courage  comic book coming out about him in May: The Al Franken edition of the “Political Power” comic book series is due out in May. (“There is a … Continue reading

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“White Culture”: Is Glenn Beck Serious about Discussing What He Means By Using the Phrase?

Of course not. Glenn Beck is not seriously trying to have a dialogue about the subject. He’s not having an exchange. He’s communicating to a base audience in racial code. He won’t even attempt a dialogue on “white culture” with, … Continue reading

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Can You Say SENATOR Al Franken?

You might be soon. According to Time magazine today, Norm Coleman’s appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court appears to be facing a stiff headwind, not just from the judges generally, but specifically from a Tim Pawlenty appointed justice: The judges’ … Continue reading

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Fresh Evidence that Norm Coleman Will Soon Be Surrendering His Minnesota Senate Seat to Al Franken

According to The Hill.com, former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has taken another job: Norm Coleman (R) has taken a job with the Republican Jewish Coalition while contesting Democrat Al Franken’s lead in the Minnesota Senate race, his campaign confirmed Thursday. In … Continue reading

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Senator Al Franken of Minnesota?

FiveThirtyEight.com gives the details of today’s absentee ballot counting here. Money quote: Minnesota took until 5 PM today to begin actually counting rejected absentee ballots, as the Canvassing Board sorted through various legal objections, underwent the arduous task of physically … Continue reading

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Al Franken: Closing In On a Victory Afterall?

Friday (today) sees Franken’s numbers dropping to a deficit of just 239 votes behind Coleman—and the recount hasn’t even started. See the Star-Tribune report here.

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‘Meet the real Ashwin Madia”: Image Darkening Designed to Evoke Racial Fear in White Voters

According to KARE 11 television in Minneapolis, Republicans are blatantly playing the race card in a congressional contest in Minnesota: A Republican attack ad invites viewers to “meet the real Ashwin Madia,” but the still photos featured in the spot … Continue reading

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My Favorite Commercial of the Campaign Season

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“Cool Poise”: Novelist Garrison Keillor Endorses Barack Obama—Admiring His Equanimity in the Face of Ridiculous Personal Attacks and Innuendo

Garrison Keillor today on Barack and Michelle Obama: The campaign against him is not one that anybody will point to with pride in years to come. It is a long trail of honking and flapping and traces of green slime, … Continue reading

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Context is Everything: Al Frankin Shows How Coleman Dropped the Context for a Franken Joke, Making Franken Look Hysterical and Angry

In Minnesota polls, Frankin has recently surged ahead of Coleman. One reason: People seem to be put off by the gross distortions of Franken’s character fostered by the Coleman campaign.

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Petraeus Agrees With Obama: “I do think you have to talk to enemies.”

If Obama becomes president, I get a sense that he will have a good relationship with General Petraeus. And I also get a sense, by the very fact that Petraeus answered the man’s question, that he is signalling that he … Continue reading

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Obama is Polling Strong Everywhere! Look at These Great Numbers

Source: FiveThirtyEight.com. (Oct. 6, 08) Know hope. Go Obama! Yea!

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Al Frankin Polls Ahead of Coleman!

Money quote from Politico: A new Star Tribune Minnesota poll released yesterday shows a 13-point jump in support in the last month for Democratic comedian-turned-politician Al Franken, who’s now taken his first clear lead, 43 percent to 34 percent, in … Continue reading

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The Joe Biden v. Sarah Palin Debate in a Nutshell: A Serious Person v. an Unserious Person

The outcome of the VP debate seems pretty clear: Biden reassured voters that adults would be minding the “store” if the Obama-Biden ticket wins, and Palin did not assure voters that she is presidential timber. Palin’s folksy “aw shucks” and “golly-gee” … Continue reading

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McFlip. McFlop. Flip-Flop. Flop. Flop. Flop. McCain Sinks with His “The Fundamentals of the Economy are Strong” Line. Glub. Glub. Glub.

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Playing Violin on the Titanic? John McCain Says “The Fundamentals of Our Economy are Strong”

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