Spin? In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a margin of 22 votes.
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So a disappointing result last night, but not an unexpected one. Not a single poll showed Martin leading in the runoff, and when the early voting numbers showed African American turnout way down, well, the writing was on the wall.
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I thought the rumblings about Hillary being barred from serving as Secretary of State by the Constitution's Emoluments Clause was some half-baked right-wing theory on par with Obama's supposedly fake U.S. birth certificate. But apparently Congress is taking the matter...
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Franken Camp: We're Ahead!
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The topsy-turvy Minnesota Senate race just took another twist when the Al Franken camp announced on a conference call with reporters that it believes Franken is now ahead of Sen. Norman Coleman in the recount -- by less than two...
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Like Sand Through The Hourglass...
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Yesterday, Plutonium Page asked for less drama and more facts on Hillary Clinton's nomination to be Secretary of State, but apparently Alessandra Stanley of the New York Times isn't ready to give up on the imaginary soap opera: Usually, the men and women chosen for top cabinet roles are not well known to the public; if there is drama behind the scenes, most in the audience are blind to it.
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We're still tracking down which senator put the secret hold on the nomination of Neil Barofsky as special inspector general overseeing the bailout. As we mentioned before, there are indications that the culprit is Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), and now...
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TPMtv: Josh Marshall Enters... THE STONE ZONE
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We recently got a chance to gab with notorious political operative Roger Stone about his history in Republican politics, looking back on the Bush years, and his visions of the future. In this first installment Stone discusses his role in...
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Math Class
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The good news: David Shuster cites a Daily Kos web poll showing that Kossacks are overwhelmingly comfortable with Barack Obama's national security team. (Just 5% called it a "sellout.") The bad news: Shuster cites the poll as evidence that the left is "worried about the direction of Obama's foreign policy."
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The other President holds another press conference this morning to announce he will be nominating New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as Commerce Secretary. That and the day's other political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup....
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Break Out The Duct Tape
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From the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism: The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.
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