Norm Coleman sued and that ended up giving Franken a bigger lead than before: Democrat Al Franken today extended his lead over Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election, after the counting of about 350 formerly rejected absentee ballots this morning. Franken captured 198 of the ballots, while Coleman took 111. The ballots added […]
You know you are one screwed candidate when you can’t even get your own state party to back you: The state Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn’t win this fall’s Senate election and that the party wouldn’t support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows. Party Chairman […]
Bloomberg is reporting that the investigation into the phone jamming scandal is now widening: To Republicans, the New Hampshire phone-jamming incident is an isolated case of political dirty tricks that took place more than three years ago. To Democrats, it’s a scandal with echoes of Watergate that may reach all the way to the White […]