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Obama campaign head gets big book deal

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:36:37 GMT

David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory” will also detail the business lessons of a $1 billion start-up.

Officials turn down Franken request

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:37:18 GMT

Democrat Al Franken is asking the Minnesota governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.

Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:58:24 GMT

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:34:27 GMT

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.

Minn. Senate winner won't be known in 2008

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:38:32 GMT

With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final count, however, showed no sign of being settled soon.

First Read: 'Twas the seventh week of recount...

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:06:35 GMT

Franken opens first lead in Minn. Senate race

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:41:52 GMT

The Democrat edged ahead of his Republican incumbent on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount.

Mom of Palin daughter's boyfriend arrested

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:06:42 GMT

The mother of Levi Johnston, the 18-year-old boyfriend of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughter, has been arrested on drug charges, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.

Minn. court weighs rejected absentee ballots

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:50:50 GMT

Republican Sen. Norm Coleman went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to block improperly rejected absentee ballots from Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, with his lawyer warning that justices must act to prevent a repeat of the tortured 2000 Bush-Gore impasse.

Minnesota panel reviews disputed ballots

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:28:17 GMT

With the winner of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race still a mystery, a five-member board now steps in to see if a winner can be decided between rivals Norm Coleman and Al Franken.

Few mysteries found in Minn. Senate ballots

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:47:35 GMT

Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So will voters who scrawled the same name for every local race.

Newsweek: Poll shows many voters bamboozled

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:37:15 GMT

Al Franken gets boost in Minn. Senate recount

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:16:11 GMT

The decision by the Minnesota board overseeing the U.S. Senate recount has cleared the way for counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots in the unresolved race is seen as a boost for Al Franken.

Democrat wins Ohio congressional race

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:37:03 GMT

Democrats have taken a seat from House Republicans after the counting of provisional ballots in a race in central Ohio.

1st Vietnamese-American elected to Congress

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:09:04 GMT

The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress took advantage of dissatisfaction with an incumbent dogged by corruption allegations and reflects the changing nature of New Orleans politics since Hurricane Katrina.