Al Franken, calling himself “the next senator from Minnesota,” said Monday afternoon he is ready to go to Washington to get to work just as soon as possible.
But Franken didn’t respond to reporters’ shouted questions about exactly when he would go to Washington and retreated up the front steps More…
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order late Monday morning (pdf) denying an emergency motion from the Norm Coleman campaign to stop the State Canvassing Board from certifying the vote in the statewide Senate recount. That clears the way for the canvassing board to certify this afternoon that Al More…
Rick Hasen reports on his election law blog that the California high court agreed Wednesday to consider whether Proposition 8 passes muster under the state constitution, which could put to rest at least part of the controversy that’s been brewing since Californians voted to amend their constitution to prohibit More…
Many are fascinated by the behind-the-scenes campaign news/gossip reported in Newsweek’s election special. One of the more interesting tidbits to me was that both candidates were somewhat uncomfortable with the format of the presidential debates.
Newsweek reports this quote from Barack Obama while he was preparing for a debate — More…
Zachary Roth at TPM Muckraker has a terrific roundup on how hyped-up fears of “voter fraud” in swing states never came to pass.
The secretaries of state in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin, where claims of voter-registration fraud were rampant, report that all went well. Despite long lines and technical More…
I feel compelled to link to The Onion’s hilarious lede today.
From its awesome bit of fake news, entitled, “Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress”:
Never have lawyers been so busy skirmishing over an election — and it probably won’t end on Election Day.
Today’s lawsuits and rulings include:
The Ohio GOP filed a lawsuit it had previously dropped against Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic secretary of state, claiming she hasn’t done enough to ensure that More…
I have a piece coming up today on how the environment could factor into the youth vote tomorrow.
In my reporting for the story, I came across a group called the Energy Action Coalition, which has run a nonpartisan campaign called “Power Vote” this election season. The campaign’s purpose is More…
We mentioned here recently how the arrival of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the GOP presidential ticket gave a boost to a struggling Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) in his Senate reelection bid.
Apparently, though, that rule doesn’t apply everywhere. According to CQPolitics, North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) More…
Sen. John McCain’s top economic adviser is busy tracking the financial crisis, but he took time on Tuesday to offer a novel argument for McCain’s grasp of the financial markets. Politico:
Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry
Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee
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