http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/1-0&fp=494c1eb0070dbe74&ei=WTJMSa2vHYKQNanOsOIC&url=http%3A//www.startribune.com/local/36436369.html%3Felr%3DKArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O%3ADW3ckUiD3aPc%3A_Yyc%3AaUUT&cid=1280522510&sig2=geiC1xx5zRwXqZge0I4oOw&usg=AFQjCNHy636D8cF1CVuvgcB6h2ie57WblQFranken opens first lead in Minn. Senate race
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2008/12/pawlenty_on_the_3.shtml?refid=0Pawlenty on the possibility of filling the Senate seat
Posted at 3:11 PM on December 19, 2008 by Tom Scheck (0 Comments)
Gov. Pawlenty was asked about the report that his office has begun "looking into ... what might trigger the need for a gubernatorial appointment to the U.S. Senate."
During a news conference, Pawlenty said this about the possibility of him appointing someone to fill the Senate seat:
"I hope that's not necessary. I still think it is unlikely that there would be a long term vacancy or an intermediate term vacancy in that seat such that the appointment wouldn't even be necessary. I continue to believe that and that's the assumption that we're operating under that it's unlikely and wouldn't even be needed.."
When asked specifically what his office has done, Pawlenty said this:
"All that we have done is begin to look at the law so that if it became necessary, and it would only be a temporary appointment - I don't want anybody to think that it would be more than the limited time until we got the recount done. We're just looking at the laws to see how you do it so we don't get caught flat footed if it becomes necessary
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http://www.startribune.com/local/36436369.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUTBy BRIAN BAKST , Associated Press
Last update: December 19, 2008 - 9:12 AM
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democrat Al Franken has edged ahead of Republican Norm Coleman for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount.
Franken opened up a lead as a state Canvassing Board made its way through hundreds of ballots challenged in the race.
Franken gained his advantage as the board weighed challenges by the Coleman campaign. But as many as 5,000 withdrawn challenges from both campaigns won't be awarded until Monday, and the lead could change again.
The board has also rejected a request by Coleman to exclude some ballots his campaign had argued were duplicates.
Meanwhile, there is uncertainty over a potential pool of 1,600 incorrectly rejected absentee ballots, which the Supreme Court said Thursday could be added to the count if the campaigns and election officials can agree on a plan for doing that.
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Chinless Tim should shut the hell up
I am so sick of Chinless Tim trying to grab media attention. He's not interesting, he's not funny (no matter how much he tries to seem … read more witty on talk shows), he's unattractive, and he's stupid. He's never even won a majority of votes in his own state. He wrecked our infrastructure for his own unsuccessful political ambitions. His 15 minutes of fame are over. He can leave now.
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