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The Spectacle Blog
On Saturday, election officials counted 933 ballots that both the Franken and Coleman campaigns agreed were wrongly tossed out. With the recount complete, Franken leads with 225, according to the Strib. Some folks are saying he’ll be able to declare victory as soon as Monday. Strib:
At least two things, however, still stand in the way of Franken becoming Minnesota’s newest U.S. senator: the possibility of a ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that more wrongly rejected absentee ballots should be counted, and a legal contest that Coleman attorneys all but promised should Franken prevail.
Seems like both possibilities are at least likely, with the latter being a sure bet.
One of the comments under the Strib’s story, by a mnhusker4:
We now know that Franken made up about 1,000 votes since election night. We also know that this is statistically impossible. Good thing that ACORN had Ritchie on their side…Minnesota’s reputation will be flawed forever if the courts allow Franken to steal this election.
Call me a sore loser but I tend to agree with this concerned conservative. Though, I should say, it ain’t over until Franken’s walking the streets of Washington with that goofy grin on his face.
If he’s won fair and square, I say, obviously, the people of Minnesota have spoken and should reap the rewards (or the havoc) of their elected Senator.
If he hasn’t, that’s another thing entirely. I haven’t followed this as closely as some (waiting for Philip Klein’s input here) nor have I followed up with some of the folks I know at Coleman’s camp and frankly (no pun intended) don’t quite understand some of the rifraf going on, but it looks a little fishy. And that’s no euphemism.
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Dandapani| 1.4.09 @ 11:47AM
"Count every vote, every vote counts..." until the Democrat candidate is ahead and then stop. The MN Senate election is a travesty. Ann Coulter has several pretty good columns on all the FUBAR happening up in MN.
Jeremiah| 1.4.09 @ 2:33PM
Dandapani --
I'm not sure Ann Coulter is the most accurate reporter you can find.
She's a nasty woman.
And you have to admit, as 00 proved, Republicans engage in the same game: everyone wants his votes counted, and not the other guy's.
ConservativeWanderer | 1.4.09 @ 3:55PM
Indeed, Jeremiah. That's why Al Gore only wanted a recount in the most heavily Democratic districts of Florida.
What's really ironic is that if Gore had had the cojones to request a statewide recount, instead of in just four Democratic strongholds, he might have been President Gore. Just ask the Washington Post (hardly the most pro-Bush of newspapers):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html
I love pointing that out to lefties who are still seething over 2000. (goes giggling off to Sunday morning pancakes)
Jeremiah| 1.4.09 @ 5:44PM
Conservative Wanderer --
I'm sure over pancakes you must have reflected how fortunate it was for our country that things went the way they did in 2000. George Bush turned out to be such a great president.
Why, look around you. A veritable Golden Age has returned. The country is at peace; men are engaged in meaningful work; families flourish; industry thrives, and all is well with the world.
ruth| 1.4.09 @ 6:02PM
ACORN was in its infancy in 2000--that's why the demos couldn't pull it off. It took the ensuing 8 years to perfect their operations, though they were already successful in Washington state's Gubernatorial election in 2004. Obama had it in place in case 2008 was close--would have been without the economic BS. This will happen everytime an election is close--keep counting votes until the demos win. The evidence is obvious, look at what is happening right now in Minnesota.
ruth| 1.4.09 @ 6:42PM
Ann's a bit harsh at times, but she tells the truth. There are a lot of nasty female demos, unfortunately for us, most of them are elected officials.
Bill Bailey| 1.4.09 @ 6:44PM
Franken has stolen the election, with the assistance of ACORN's bitch Mark Ritchie.
ConservativeWanderer | 1.4.09 @ 7:37PM
Jeremiah, if you're looking for a Bush cheerleader, you'll have to look elsewhere. He's made some good decisions (SCOTUS appointments--aside from Harriet Miers, whom I opposed; and the War on Terror), but he's also made some absolutely TERRIBLE ones, such as the aforementioned Harriet Miers nomination, so-called "immigration reform," No Child Left Behind, expanding Medicare (which is already in deep financial trouble), to name the high (or low) points.
Guess I still don't fit your stereotypes. Thanks for playing, tho.
Jeremiah| 1.4.09 @ 9:21PM
OK, I was wrong as usual! Ann is great, just great. In fact, SHE RULES!
ruth| 1.4.09 @ 9:41PM
Cool, Jeremiah! So does Sarah--no witch, she.
L. Ross| 1.5.09 @ 12:53PM
Jeremiah:
I couldn't agree more. Ann does rule. And she looks damn fine. I want to be the meat in a Palin/Coulter sadwich.
ruth| 1.5.09 @ 2:10PM
Meathead is what you are.
ConservativeWanderer | 1.5.09 @ 6:22PM
Ruth:
You forgot that Sarah Palin is more qualified for Veep than Caroline Kennedy is for Senator. At least Sarah has been elected to elective office before, what the heck has Caroline ever done besides spend her inheritance?
Send in the lefty trolls to defend Caroline's "qualifications."
ruth| 1.6.09 @ 1:40AM
You got the wrong girl, Con.Wanderer. I'm a huge Palin fan. Where did you read that I dissed Gov. Palin? I just said that Palin rules like Ann Coulter. I didn't mention anything about that twit, Caroline Kennedy, you know, you know?