http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://minnesotaindependent.com/17272/coleman-franken-recount-ritchie-florida http://minnesotaindependent.com/17272/coleman-franken-recount-ritchie-florida#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:39:28 +0000 Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=17272 Ouch. Canada’s Globe and Mail says Minnesota is the new Florida — although just because of the upcoming recount in the Coleman/Franken race. Today’s New York Post, calling our electoral drama a “Minny Series,” says that Republicans…]]> Ouch. Canada’s Globe and Mail says Minnesota is the new Florida — although just because of the upcoming recount in the Coleman/Franken race. Today’s New York Post, calling our electoral drama a “Minny Series,” says that Republicans are dubbing Secretary of State Mark Ritchie “a Democratic version of Katherine Harris, the ex-Republican secretary of state in Florida, whose actions, some believe, helped George Bush win the 2000 presidential election.” (That same epithet was hurled at Ritchie’s predecessor, Republican Mary Kiffmeyer, on more than a few occasions.) Ritchie will likely be in the crosshairs for some time: The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee has released talking points targeting what it characterizes as his “Liberal Partisanship.”

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