http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/mn 2008-12-02T04:48:39Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63603-a-vote-for-franken-is-really-a-vote-for-coleman 2008-12-02T04:48:39Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AQy18YR6E70&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AQy18YR6E70&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63603-a-vote-for-franken-is-really-a-vote-for-coleman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79841" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />The Al Franken campaign today produced ballots challenged by the Norm Coleman for Senate and pointed out an interesting pattern. As you can see in the video there is a clear vote for Al Franken, but it the Coleman campaign appears to contend the vote should have been for Norm Coleman because the voter also voted John McCain for President.</p> <p> </p> <p>There are also two challenged ballots that have votes for John McCain and no vote for US Senate. The Coleman campaign challenged those for "voter intent" as well, indicating they think the vote should have counted for Norm Coleman.</p> <p> </p> <p>All of these challenged ballots came from Fillmore County.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63603-a-vote-for-franken-is-really-a-vote-for-coleman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63234-minnesota-senate-recount-update 2008-12-02T04:52:27Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnMg4uLZqes&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnMg4uLZqes&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63234-minnesota-senate-recount-update"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79262" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Lawyers for Norm Coleman and Al Franken dueled in Minnesota while the state canvassing board reset the race to zero-zero and the recount begins.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63234-minnesota-senate-recount-update">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62814-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-mn-senate-recount 2008-12-02T04:52:27Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fvmeWX0JaNI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fvmeWX0JaNI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62814-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-mn-senate-recount"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78523" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization designed to hold local government accountable to public interest, will be overseeing the Minneota Senate recount, which begins on November 18th. The advocacy group held a press conference to address their role in observing the recount process.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62814-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-mn-senate-recount">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62809-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount 2008-12-02T04:48:40Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MBb_edTArQQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MBb_edTArQQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62809-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78512" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> </p> <p>Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization designed to hold local government accountable to public interest, will be overseeing the Minneota Senate recount, which begins on November 18th. The advocacy group held a press conference to address their role in observing the recount process.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62809-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62808-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount-part-two 2008-12-02T04:48:40Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DZx5_-Fz2sw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DZx5_-Fz2sw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62808-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount-part-two"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78511" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> In Part Two, Common Cause responds to the GOP. Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization designed to hold local government accountable to public interest, will be overseeing the Minneota Senate recount, which begins on November 18th. The advocacy group held a press conference to address their role in observing the recount process.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62808-babysitting-common-cause-observes-the-recount-part-two">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62256-access-denied-coleman-campaign-bars-uptake-from 2008-12-02T04:48:40Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TmR0BsNSBvg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TmR0BsNSBvg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62256-access-denied-coleman-campaign-bars-uptake-from"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77553" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> The campaign of U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman held a press conference today, but UpTake camperas were once again denied access by the Coleman campaign.</p> <p>When asked as to why The UpTake was barred, a campaign staffer replied "I don't have time for this" despite having just completed a lengthy conversation about college basketball with members of the media who apparently met the campaigns requirements.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62256-access-denied-coleman-campaign-bars-uptake-from">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62190-al-franken-narrows-gap-in-recount-rehearsal 2008-12-02T04:48:41Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pn-Uv3ks2G8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pn-Uv3ks2G8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62190-al-franken-narrows-gap-in-recount-rehearsal"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A post-election ballot review of five randomly selected precincts in Ramsey County yielded one more vote for DFL candidate Al Franken and one less vote for Republican incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman. The two-vote swing, in what represents a small fraction of the entire vote in Ramsey County, may not be reflected in the Secretary of State's running tally for days or even weeks.</p> <p>The ballots are being recounted, not as part of an anticipated state-wide recount in the US Senate race between Franken and Coleman, but as part of normal ballot review done after every election to determine if the optical-scan voting machines recorded accurately.</p> <p>Many are looking to the post-election ballot review to provide an indication of how the impending state-wide recount may go.</p> <p>All eyes are on the ballots that are improperly marked. Minnesota has well-established voter intent laws which allow election judges and election managers to determine whether mis-marked ballots show clear intent for one candidate or another. Many of the improperly marked ballots contain an "X" or check mark in the optical-scan sheet's "bubble."</p> <p>The optical-scan machines have proven to be very effective. In Ward 3 Precinct 5- there were 14 ballots that had been put in the "questionable" pile meaning they were not sure if the optical scanner had read them correctly because they were marked with an X or not fully filled in. Upon further review, 13 of those 14 ballots were counted correctly by the optical scanner.</p> <p>Of the five randomly selected precincts that were audited in Ramsey County, the results are as follows:</p> <p> * St. Paul Ward 3 Precinct 13: + 1 vote for Franken <br /> * St. Paul Ward 6 Precinct 5 :+ 2 votes for Franken, and a 1 vote loss for Coleman <br /> * St. Paul Ward 7 Precicnt 14: + 2 votes for Franken <br /> * St. Paul Ward 3 precinct 5 : 1 vote loss for Franken, +1 vote for Coleman <br /> * Roseville Ward 2 : 3 vote loss for Franken, 1 vote loss for Coleman <br /> * Net change +1 vote for Franken, -1 vote for Coleman = 2 vote swing for ...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62190-al-franken-narrows-gap-in-recount-rehearsal">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61999-franken-campaign-on-coleman-lawsuit-to-stop-ballot-counting 2008-12-02T04:48:41Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_SMBELjI9A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M_SMBELjI9A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61999-franken-campaign-on-coleman-lawsuit-to-stop-ballot-counting"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77054" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>more at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />Andy Barr of the Al Franken Campaign explains how Senator Norm Coleman's campaign went to court on Saturday to stop the counting of not just 32 absentee ballots in Ramsey County Court, but also ALL ballots in the state of Minnesota. At the time of the suit, Coleman was leading Franken by a little more than 200 votes which will trigger an automatic recount after the state canvassing board meets later this month. The suit was dissmissed.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61999-franken-campaign-on-coleman-lawsuit-to-stop-ballot-counting">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61991-the-michele-bachmann-election-eve-show 2008-12-02T04:48:41Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4K7xl2QRpbc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4K7xl2QRpbc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61991-the-michele-bachmann-election-eve-show"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77032" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>more at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />One of the undisputed stars of the Minnesota Republican Party was, and will remain to be, Michele Bachmann. Her penchant for outrageous comments coupled with a hard-right bent has earned her intense scrutiny from the media and strong support from Republican activists.</p> <p>With the results of her race against DFL and Independent endorsed candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg still in doubt Bachmann entered the ballroom floor relatively early in the evening to talk with a select few members of the media.</p> <p>Bachmann stopped to talk with former Minnesota Sen. Rudy Boschwitz and conservative talk show host Jason Lewis.</p> <p>Lewis appeared to suggest that if Bachmann had tied her controversial comments about Barack Obama and some of her congressional coleagues holding "anti-American" views to the KKK and individuals such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney then more of the public would have understood.</p> <p>Sometime after midnight, Tinklenberg conceded and Bachmann delivered her acceptance speech to roaring approval. Minnesota GOP Chair Ron Carey was particularly fired up for the occasion. Many late polls had Bachmann trailing Tinklenberg.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61991-the-michele-bachmann-election-eve-show">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61990-the-michele-bachmann-show-on-election-night 2008-12-02T04:52:27Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H52_ArTvz9w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H52_ArTvz9w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61990-the-michele-bachmann-show-on-election-night"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77029" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> One of the undisputed stars of the Minnesota Republican Party was, and will remain to be, Michele Bachmann. Her penchant for outrageous comments coupled with a hard-right bent has earned her intense scrutiny from the media and strong support from Republican activists.</p> <p>With the results of her race against DFL and Independent endorsed candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg still in doubt Bachmann entered the ballroom floor relatively early in the evening to talk with a select few members of the media.</p> <p>Bachmann stopped to talk with former Minnesota Sen. Rudy Boschwitz and conservative talk show host Jason Lewis.</p> <p>Lewis appeared to suggest that if Bachmann had tied her controversial comments about Barack Obama and some of her congressional coleagues holding "anti-American" views to the KKK and individuals such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney then more of the public would have understood.</p> <p>Sometime after midnight, Tinklenberg conceded and Bachmann delivered her acceptance speech to roaring approval. Minnesota GOP Chair Ron Carey was particularly fired up for the occasion. Many late polls had Bachmann trailing Tinklenberg.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61990-the-michele-bachmann-show-on-election-night">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61760-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop 2008-12-02T04:52:27Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/daTBD_cGiJE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/daTBD_cGiJE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61760-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76587" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> With Minnesota's US Senate race still undecided, Senator Norm Coleman addresses GOP supporters on election night. Barb Davis-White concedes in the 5th District race. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann claims victory in what was supposed to be an easy race for her to win but became close after she remarked that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views". We also see Republican reaction to Senator John McCain's concession speech and President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61760-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61753-866-ourvote-kicked-out-at-university-of-northern-colorado 2008-12-02T04:48:41Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JjkKSfhh9LM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JjkKSfhh9LM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61753-866-ourvote-kicked-out-at-university-of-northern-colorado"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76580" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> We spoke to an election protection envoy about her experiences being kicked out of the polling place by law enforcement before she could introduce herself and take a look to make sure everything was in Americans With Disabilities Act compliance and that sort of thing.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61753-866-ourvote-kicked-out-at-university-of-northern-colorado">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61737-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop 2008-12-02T04:48:41Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYhV5hFO3I8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYhV5hFO3I8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61737-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76555" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> With Minnesota's US Senate race still undecided, Senator Norm Coleman addresses GOP supporters on election night. Barb Davis-White concedes in the 5th District race. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann claims victory in what was supposed to be an easy race for her to win but became close after she remarked that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views". We also see Republican reaction to Senator John McCain's concession speech and President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61737-election-night-with-the-minnesota-gop">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61395-somali-translators-asked-to-leave-by-gop 2008-12-02T04:48:42Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQRVUbGgqsE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQRVUbGgqsE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61395-somali-translators-asked-to-leave-by-gop"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76057" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> At a Minneapolis polling center today, Somali translators were accused by GOP members of influencing voters. The UpTake's Gary Leatherman interviewed an Oromo translator at Brian Coyle Community Center polling place in Minneapolis.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61395-somali-translators-asked-to-leave-by-gop">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61178-kline-thank-god-the-senate-can-t-get-anything-done 2008-12-02T04:48:43Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/43dB9DTkvGM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/43dB9DTkvGM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61178-kline-thank-god-the-senate-can-t-get-anything-done"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75762" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Rep. John Kline introduces Sen. Coleman in a Chanhassen, MN diner on November 1, 2008. He pokes fun at Al Franken for not knowing what gauge of shotgun shells he should use and equates it to not knowing what the second amendment to the US Constitution "really means."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61178-kline-thank-god-the-senate-can-t-get-anything-done">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60964-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud 2008-12-02T04:52:28Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dIlID31etAg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dIlID31etAg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60964-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> With three days until the election, Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) toured the St. Cloud VA Hospital along with the visiting Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake.</p> <p>The event was billed as official business for Bachmann but a group of veterans, who support Bachmann's DFL and Independence endorsed challeger Elwyn Tinklenberg, called on Bachmann's campaign to refund the tax payers and pay for the event with campaign money.</p> <p>After remarks by Sec. Peake and Congresswoman Bachmann, both were questioned about the timing and nature of the event. St. Cloud VA Public Affairs Officer Joan Vincent indicated that the event was scheduled six weeks ago by the Secretary's office and Bachmann stated her office put in the request for the visit several months ago..</p> <p>Despite indicating that she would take questions once outside of the press conference, Bachmann avoided campaign-related questions from an Associated Press reporter. Bachmann and her staff boarded a bus for the short ride to the VA's main building to continue the tour. After stepping off of the bus Bachmann refused to comment on the veterans accusations.</p> <p>Less than two hours later, Bachmann held a campaign event a few miles away at the Minnesota GOP's St. Cloud Victory Office.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60964-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60959-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud 2008-11-20T14:54:00Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ezZHIgulEvs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ezZHIgulEvs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60959-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75453" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> With three days until the election, Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) toured the St. Cloud VA Hospital along with the visiting Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake.</p> <p>The event was billed as official business for Bachmann but a group of veterans, who support Bachmann's DFL and Independence endorsed challeger Elwyn Tinklenberg, called on Bachmann's campaign to refund the tax payers and pay for the event with campaign money.</p> <p>After remarks by Sec. Peake and Congresswoman Bachmann, both were questioned about the timing and nature of the event. St. Cloud VA Public Affairs Officer Joan Vincent indicated that the event was scheduled six weeks ago by the Secretary's office and Bachmann stated her office put in the request for the visit several months ago..</p> <p>Despite indicating that she would take questions once outside of the press conference, Bachmann avoided campaign-related questions from an Associated Press reporter. Bachmann and her staff boarded a bus for the short ride to the VA's main building to continue the tour. After stepping off of the bus Bachmann refused to comment on the veterans accusations.</p> <p>Less than two hours later, Bachmann held a campaign event a few miles away at the Minnesota GOP's St. Cloud Victory Office.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60959-bachmann-mixes-official-and-campaign-business-in-st-cloud">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60949-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad 2008-12-02T04:52:28Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opxNBNOanKw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/opxNBNOanKw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60949-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75435" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> lected DFL leaders held a press conference to ask Sen. Coleman's campaign to produce evidence linking Al Franken to a recent Texas lawsuit, or else pull their ad insinuating Franken is smearing Coleman's wife. Minnesota GOP Chair Ron Carey talked with reporters afterward and repeatedly deflected requests to produce evidence of a connection between the Texas lawsuit and Franken's campaign.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60949-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60940-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad 2008-11-20T10:54:39Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YxFwLSXPCJU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YxFwLSXPCJU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60940-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75426" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Elected DFL leaders held a press conference to ask Sen. Coleman's campaign to produce evidence linking Al Franken to a recent Texas lawsuit, or else pull their ad insinuating Franken is smearing Coleman's wife. Minnesota GOP Chair Ron Carey talked with reporters afterward and repeatedly deflected requests to produce evidence of a connection between the Texas lawsuit and Franken's campaign.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60940-mn-gop-lacks-evidence-to-backup-coleman-ad">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60813-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2 2008-11-19T18:23:35Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ao5SNtlxLXU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ao5SNtlxLXU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60813-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75175" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie continues his press conference on voter intimidaiton by discussing:</p> <p> * how Minnesota keeps its voter rolls clean and up to date <br /> * how other disnfranchisements are occuring - the major one being absentee ballots being sent to Minnesotans with an out of state return address <br /> * ACORN's track record in Minnesota <br /> * new rules restricting poll challenges in Minnesota</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60813-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60810-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2 2008-12-02T04:52:29Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiwmnxOJqYA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiwmnxOJqYA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60810-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75171" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie continues his press conference on voter intimidaiton by discussing:</p> <p> * how Minnesota keeps its voter rolls clean and up to date <br /> * how other disnfranchisements are occuring - the major one being absentee ballots being sent to Minnesotans with an out of state return address <br /> * ACORN's track record in Minnesota <br /> * new rules restricting poll challenges in Minnesota</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60810-right-wing-group-accused-of-voter-intimidation-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60802-franken-says-coleman-lied 2008-11-19T12:23:31Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i9TGxlxwSS0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i9TGxlxwSS0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60802-franken-says-coleman-lied"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75157" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>more at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> Responding to charges from Senator Norm Coleman in new TV ad, Al Franken says Coleman looked Minnesota in the eye and lied to them. Franken says he had no prior knowledge or involvement in bringing the suit that alleges money was funneled to Coleman by one of his wealthy supporters. This is a news conference that aired live on The UpTake November 1, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60802-franken-says-coleman-lied">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60793-franken-says-coleman-looked-minnesota-in-the-eye-and-lied 2008-12-02T04:52:29Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q00xfA7vnQo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q00xfA7vnQo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60793-franken-says-coleman-looked-minnesota-in-the-eye-and-lied"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75147" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>From: <a href="http://theuptake.org/">theuptake.org</a> <br />Responding to charges from Senator Norm Coleman in new TV ad, Al Franken says Coleman looked Minnesota in the eye and lied to them. Franken says he had no prior knowledge or involvement in bringing the suit that alleges money was funneled to Coleman by one of his wealthy supporters.</p> <p>This is a news conference that aired live on The UpTake November 1, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60793-franken-says-coleman-looked-minnesota-in-the-eye-and-lied">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60678-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit 2008-11-18T14:23:26Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMsjrXL9HGY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMsjrXL9HGY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60678-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/74978" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />An unmarked envelope arrives for two investigative reporters at the local newspaper. Inside are papers that will be filed in court next week linking the state's Senior US Senator to a complicated plan to funnel him money from a wealthy businessman to his wife.</p> <p> </p> <p>It sounds like a scene from "All The Presidents Men". But unlike that movie which was based on real life, this scene is based upon a fantasy in Senator Norm Coleman's head if you believe the Managing Editor at the Star Tribune.</p> <p> </p> <p>Friday, Senator Coleman accused the Star Tribune of having documents from the potentially politically damaging lawsuit long before they were actually filed in a Texas court.</p> <p> </p> <p>Star Tribune Managing Editor Rene Sanchez says that is simply not true. Sanchez old MinnPost that "we did not get a copy of this lawsuit until it was filed Monday."</p> <p> </p> <p>It was questions from the Star Tribune's investigative reporters earlier this week that tipped other media off to the story. At a campaign event in St. Cloud, Senator Coleman refused to answer or even acknowledge the reporters who asked him about the lawsuit and payments of $75,000 to his wife from a Texas company controlled by a wealthy Coleman supporter.</p> <p> </p> <p>On Friday Coleman said the lawsuit, filed by Republican Paul McKim, was politically motivated and indicated it was the work of his opponent Al Franken calling it "sleazy" and "11th hour".</p> <p> </p> <p>Lawyers in Minnesota who examined the lawsuit documents were reasonably sure politics was not the primary motivation in the lawsuit. Talk show host and lawyer Mark Heaney and election law specialist Christian Sande examined the documents on Heaney's show this week.</p> <p> </p> <p>Heaney noted that the firm filing the lawsuit was a reputable one, and would probably not risk that reputation by being involved in a lawsuit that had no basis.</p> <p> </p> <p>Sande commented that this was really a lawsuit about a fired CEO trying to obtain money from his former employer. Sande suggested the Coleman allegations were probably included ...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60678-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60675-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit 2008-12-02T04:52:29Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zz3fGmOw-6k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zz3fGmOw-6k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60675-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/74974" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />An unmarked envelope arrives for two investigative reporters at the local newspaper. Inside are papers that will be filed in court next week linking the state's Senior US Senator to a complicated plan to funnel him money from a wealthy businessman to his wife.</p> <p> </p> <p>It sounds like a scene from "All The Presidents Men". But unlike that movie which was based on real life, this scene is based upon a fantasy in Senator Norm Coleman's head if you believe the Managing Editor at the Star Tribune.</p> <p> </p> <p>Friday, Senator Coleman accused the Star Tribune of having documents from the potentially politically damaging lawsuit long before they were actually filed in a Texas court.</p> <p> </p> <p>Star Tribune Managing Editor Rene Sanchez says that is simply not true. Sanchez old MinnPost that "we did not get a copy of this lawsuit until it was filed Monday."</p> <p> </p> <p>It was questions from the Star Tribune's investigative reporters earlier this week that tipped other media off to the story. At a campaign event in St. Cloud, Senator Coleman refused to answer or even acknowledge the reporters who asked him about the lawsuit and payments of $75,000 to his wife from a Texas company controlled by a wealthy Coleman supporter.</p> <p> </p> <p>On Friday Coleman said the lawsuit, filed by Republican Paul McKim, was politically motivated and indicated it was the work of his opponent Al Franken calling it "sleazy" and "11th hour".</p> <p> </p> <p>Lawyers in Minnesota who examined the lawsuit documents were reasonably sure politics was not the primary motivation in the lawsuit. Talk show host and lawyer Mark Heaney and election law specialist Christian Sande examined the documents on Heaney's show this week.</p> <p> </p> <p>Heaney noted that the firm filing the lawsuit was a reputable one, and would probably not risk that reputation by being involved in a lawsuit that had no basis.</p> <p> </p> <p>Sande commented that this was really a lawsuit about a fired CEO trying to obtain money from his former employer. Sande suggested the Coleman allegations were probably included ...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60675-newspaper-disputes-sen-coleman-s-claims-about-lawsuit">Watch the video</a>