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...securing victory over the rival Crimson at home for the first time in four years. Cornell showed Harvard that putting too much pressure on one’s penalty kill and failing to create scoring chances leaves little margin for error. Though back-and-forth hockey was the norm for the majority of game, Cornell (3-0-2, 3-0-2 ECAC) capitalized on four Crimson penalties in the second period to notch a power-play goal and keep Harvard’s offense from coming to life. With the score tied 1-1 at the end of the first...
With just 215 votes separating him from Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, every possible uncounted ballot matters to Al Franken. And so the ruling from the Ramsey County District Court, while small, might well be a critical skirmish that the former comedian can claim as he tries to win the war of attrition that is Minnesota's Senatorial recount. The Democratic Party's ability to overcome filibusters in the Senate may depend on the outcome...
...Bush's judicial appointments. Senate Republicans wanted to use an arcane rule to effectively overcome, and therefore destroy, the filibuster. "While Presidents come and go every four to eight years, judges could be there 20 to 30 years. More and more decisions are being made by the courts," says Norm Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "So you're going to have a number of instances - at least a few fairly soon - where you might get filibusters. And that's where calling in party loyalty matters and it makes sense to keep Lieberman in the fold...
...Minnesota's senatorial recount is about to start, there is clearly no love lost between the staffs of Republican Senator Norm Coleman and his Democratic challenger, Al Franken. Weekend press conferences by staffers and lawyers on both sides lobbed accusations at one another, declaring that it was their opponents who were undermining the integrity of Minnesota's election process - a reputation the state is particularly proud of. But what politician would do otherwise? Coleman led Franken by only 206 votes when the unofficial count ended last week. At stake is the size of the Democratic majority in the Senate...
...could conceivably pick up more. Republican Saxby Chambliss, though he won a plurality of votes on Tuesday, faces a runoff in Georgia on Dec. 2. In Minnesota, the recount of the nearly tied Senate race will go into December at least, to determine whether Al Franken unseats GOP incumbent Norm Coleman. And counting continues in the tight Alaska race. Even if incumbent Ted Stevens retains his seat, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has said there will be a vote to oust the recently convicted Senator. That would prompt a required special election 60 to 90 days later and could mean...