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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Ballots go missing in Minneapolis hurting Al Franken's Chances
133 ballots have gone missing in the dinkytown area of Minneapolis, a heavy University of Minnesota student area that went to Al Franken about 2-1. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com has done some interesting analysis on this.

Friday, November 28, 2008
Media Begins the Assault on Instant-Runoff Voting to Minimize 3rd Party Candidate Influence
(3 comments) The Minneapolis Star and Tribune has published a pure propaganda piece in my opinion describing how difficult a hand-recount would be using Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV). Keep in mind the Stribe endorsed Republican Norm Coleman and has been moving to the right for years now. They purposefully leave out the obvious fact that had IRV been used a clear winner would have already been determined.

Friday, October 24, 2008
McCain Communications Director May Have Helped Propagate the Pittsburgh Race-Baiting Hoax
McCain's Communication's director apparently was helping fuel the initial Ashley Todd story and providing additional incendiary information to a local news station in Pittsburgh. John Verrilli, the news director for KDKA in Pittsburgh, told TPM Election Central that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director gave one of his reporters a detailed version of the attack.