Jay Weiner's coverage of the 2008 U.S. Senate recount and election contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken earned him the 2008 Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Award, Minnesota's highest journalism honor. A sports journalist with the Minneapolis Star Tribune for twenty-eight years, he has written for the Twin Cities-based news Web site MinnPost.com since 2007 and is the author of Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles, also from the University of Minnesota Press. He lives and works in St. Paul.
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Contents Preface: How I Got Here Cast of Characters Prologue "Counsel, this is not Florida!" 1. Extra Innings "It's going to be really, really close." 2. Hunting for Ballots "Trust me, they fucked it up." 3. New Sheriff in Town "An eighty-four-year-old stroke victim" 4. The Count at the Table "Why would you ever want less information?" 5. Why Are We Even Here? "Really, Minnesota deserves better than this." 6. No Rubber Stamp "It would be unjust and disrespectful to those voters to not count those votes." 7. The Supremes Throw a Curve "We've never been able to figure out how they do their calculating." 8. Soldiering Ahead "We need to get this right." 9. Reinforcements Arrive "I have been brought in apparently as the pretty face." 10. Pulling a 180 "I'm somewhat speechless and amazed." 11. Stepping on a Rake "I'm not familiar with all of the details." 12. Friday the Thirteenth "Welcome to the quagmire." 13. Mastering the Data "This is a major lift . . . This is a lot of bodies." 14. The Human Element "You're going to have some errors in the process." 15. Thumbs Up "I do." Epilogue Acknowledgments Key Moments That Shaped the Recount Notes Index
Contents Preface: How I Got Here Cast of Characters Prologue "Counsel, this is not Florida!" 1. Extra Innings "It's going to be really, really close." 2. Hunting for Ballots "Trust me, they fucked it up." 3. New Sheriff in Town "An eighty-four-year-old stroke victim" 4. The Count at the Table "Why would you ever want less information?" 5. Why Are We Even Here? "Really, Minnesota deserves better than this." 6. No Rubber Stamp "It would be unjust and disrespectful to those voters to not count those votes." 7. The Supremes Throw a Curve "We've never been able to figure out how they do their calculating." 8. Soldiering Ahead "We need to get this right." 9. Reinforcements Arrive "I have been brought in apparently as the pretty face." 10. Pulling a 180 "I'm somewhat speechless and amazed." 11. Stepping on a Rake "I'm not familiar with all of the details." 12. Friday the Thirteenth "Welcome to the quagmire." 13. Mastering the Data "This is a major lift . . . This is a lot of bodies." 14. The Human Element "You're going to have some errors in the process." 15. Thumbs Up "I do." Epilogue Acknowledgments Key Moments That Shaped the Recount Notes Index
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