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.
