MN-Senate: three reasons I am thinking we might come up short

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 2:40 PM PST

2008/11/21 · 14:40

According to the MN Star-Tribune, Norm Coleman presently leads by 147 votes, which represents a gain of 68 votes for Al Franken, with 50% of the vote having been counted. The Secretary of State's official total had Franken having gained 86 votes on Coleman through the end of yesterday.

The votes recounted in the first two days have had a slight Republican lean (the 43+% of the vote counted through the end of yesterday had Coleman up by 39,000+ votes, meaning that Franken will win the remaining votes to be counted by a similar amount), so I am optimistic that there may be more votes to be gained in the precincts remaining to be counted in that the sample is going to be more DFL/Democratic.

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Thursday November 30, 2006 · 12:27 AM PST

2006/11/30 · 00:27

I'm somewhat surprised that no one else has posted a diary about this yet, but I am somewhat concerned about billionaire Maurice Greenberg's reported bid to take over the New York Times. As I am sure most of you know, until he tangled with Eliot Spitzer, Greenberg was chairman and CEO of AIG, a position he held from 1968 to 2005.

This article in Editor & Publisher details Greenberg's longstanding Republican loyalties and explores his possible motivations in attempting to take over the NYT: Who is Maurice Greenberg, Man Behind Bid for 'NY Times'

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Friday August 18, 2006 · 12:01 PM PDT

2006/08/18 · 12:01

According to Jason Zengerle's latest entry at The Plank over at TNR, Joe Lieberman, having fired most of his campaign staff after his loss in the Democratic primary and his subsequent decision to bceome the candidate of Connecticut for Lieberman (including those that were going to quit anyway because of his decision to run as an independent), has been busy hiring new consultants. For polling, Zengerle states that Lieberman has hired Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm.

According to his biography at the POS web site, Newhouse's "most notable clients include Gov. Jeb Bush (FL), Gov. M. Jodi Rell (CT), Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), Senator Rick Santorum (PA), Senator Pat Roberts (KS), Rep. Henry Hyde (IL) and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV)."

Here's a more complete list of POS's clients in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House from their web site:
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Ron Wyden on CT-Sen

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Wednesday August 09, 2006 · 1:10 PM PDT

2006/08/09 · 13:10

I called Ron Wyden's D.C. office in the past hour to inquire whether or not Ron Wyden was supporting anyone in the election for U.S. Senator from Connecticut.The staffer with whom I spoke informed me that the Senator did not have a formal position on the race. Read More

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 11:46 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 11:46

A new WSJ poll has the President's approval rating at 29 percent, breaking his previous low of 31 percent.

The story notes the following as well:

"Only 24 percent of the 1,003 people asked between May 3-8 said they believed the United States was 'heading in the right direction'. According to the Journal, 69 percent said 'things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track'."

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