Manhattan fund-raiser to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota’s Senate election
Matthew Vadum , Bio and Archives--November 24, 2008
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Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al Franken win a recount in Minnesota’s Senate election. Soros - the hedge-fund honcho and sugar daddy of the Democratic Party - will host a soirée for Franken at his Carnegie Hill digs to help cover the candidate’s costs to monitor the statewide recount. The special guest: Al Gore, who knows a thing or two about recounts. At last count, Franken trails GOP incumbent Norm Coleman by just 216 votes out of 2.9 million cast. Minnesota yesterday initiated a hand recount that is not expected to be completed until mid-December. [...]
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