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Franken fallout has GOP fuming
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
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Republican senators feel burned by Al Franken — and not by his old jokes. The Republicans are steamed at Franken because partisans on the left are using a measure he sponsored to paint them as rapist sympathizers — and because Franken isn’t doing much...
Tags: Al Franken, Sen. Franken, Senate Republican, Minnesota, Washington, John Cornyn, Bob Corker, Politics, Republican Party, Entertainment Culture
Rupert Cornwell: American politics turns into one big 'reality' show
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility What's the difference between an American politician and an American talk-show host? Right now the answer is, to all intents and purposes, almost none. In the US especially, politics and the media have always been joined at the hip. The two trades need...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Ross Perot, American, Barack Obama, Bill O\'Reilly (political commentator), talk radio, Anchorage, Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Republican Party, United States presidential election, Resignation of Sarah Palin, Entertainment Culture, Public image of Sarah Palin
Life after recount battle for Norm Coleman
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Former Sen. Norm Coleman, Minnesota Republican, who narrowly lost his bid for a second term in a bitter eight-month recount battle with Democrat Al Franken, may be poised for an improbable comeback after a new survey showed that half of all Republicans...
Tags: Norm Coleman, Mr. Coleman, Minnesota Republican, Washington, Politics of Minnesota, United States Senate election in Minnesota, United States Senate elections, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Republican Party, Politics
Disabled vet who inspired Franken sues McDonald's for $10 million
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility The former Army captain was wounded in Iraq. The senator sponsored legislation to get service dogs for injured soldiers.
Tags: Sen. Al Franken, service dogs, Minneapolis, Veterans Stadium, Al Franken, Assistance dogs, Service dog, Social Issues
Johann Hari: The real reason Obama is not making much progress
Baghdad :: Iraq | 14 days ago
Credibility Almost a year after Barack Obama ascended to the White House, many of his supporters are bemused...His environmental team is vandalising the vital Copenhagen conference by saying the US – the single biggest emitter of warming gases – will not sign up...
Tags: American, Iraqi, Barack Obama, United States, Bush, Al Franken, americans political, Senate, Iraq, Baghdad, Anti-corporate activism, Halliburton, Lafayette Louisiana, KBR, Private military contractors, Political parties in the United States, Occupation of Iraq, Politics
Survey: Obama would beat Pawlenty in 2012
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Minnesotans think Gov. Tim Pawlenty and President Obama are doing OK in their current jobs, but if they went head to head in a 2012 presidential race, Obama would win the state, according to a new St...Half of the 550 people in the poll gave Obama a positive...
Tags: Tim Pawlenty, Obama, Rybak, Minneapolis, Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, R. T. Rybak, Barack Obama, Politics, Minnesota gubernatorial election, Chris Coleman (footballer)
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Hey Liberals…pssst…come here…hey, looking to buy that new Sarah Palin book? Naw, naw, don’t look around. It’s cool, ain’t no one here. Just you and me. So…you lookin’ ta buy? ...
Tags: sarah, palin, book, rouge, rogue, going, Obama, palin books, books cheap, allnews, Chicago, Al Franken, Michael Moore, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Beck, Sean Hannity, Hospitality Recreation, United States presidential election
New poll rates Klobuchar, Franken, Pawlenty, Bachmann
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility A new poll shows that Minnesotans continue to like the job Sen. Amy Klobuchar is doing and appear to be warming to Sen. Al Franken during his first few months in office. The poll, released today by Rasmussen Reports found that 58 percent of the state's...
Tags: Sen. Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, strongly approve, Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, percent strongly, strongly disapprove, Minneapolis, United States presidential approval rating, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar
Politico Trivializes Rape by Gov Contractors, Spins Franken Amendment as Partisan Attack (Obsenity-Laden Rant Alert)
Baghdad :: Iraq | 20 days ago
Credibility When Al Franken ran for the Senate last year, the former “Saturday Night Live” star had to reassure skeptics that the fierce partisan attacks he lobbed at Republicans as an author and radio host wouldn’t define his style as a legislator. But because...
Tags: Jamie Leigh Jones, Spins Franken, Al Franken, franken amendment, partisan attack, University of Minnesota, Iraq, Baghdad, KBR, Halliburton, F***, Private military contractors, Politics
Absentee ballots overhauled in wake of Senate race
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Minnesota's absentee ballots, the centerpiece of last year's U.S. Senate race, will be simplified and streamlined when voters go to the polls next year. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced today that he is changing the administrative rules that...
Tags: absentee ballots, Mark Ritchie, Senate, Minneapolis, Norm Coleman, Ballot, Al Franken, United States Senate election in Minnesota, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Elections, Absentee ballot
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