Franken ahead at end of recount (update)

Posted on January 4th, 2009 by ecthompson md

From the Star-Tribune:

Al Franken won an impressive share Saturday of what may be the last ballots tallied in the U.S. Senate recount, boosting his unofficial lead over Sen. Norm Coleman to 225 votes heading into a Monday meeting where the state Canvassing Board will certify the final result of the race.

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. (more… )

Could it be that this recount is over? Could Al Franken be Senator Al Franken? Now we have to wait for all of the lawsuits to be settled.

From TP:

Al Franken holds an unofficial lead of 225 votes over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. “With the recount complete, focus immediately shifted to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which continued to consider a request from the Coleman campaign to alter the process and add more absentee ballots to be reconsidered.” Eric Kleefeld notes that “Minnesota law is unique in that it prohibits the issuing of an official certificate of election until the legal challenges are all resolved.”

Tags: Election 2008 // 3 Comments »

  • Adrian Snare

    Coleman is wrong in trying to drag this out.
    He lost with fewer aye votes than his opponent. If he were a gentleman and a scholar he would accede to the winner.
    If the winner is a man with qualities he should realize that it is a 50- 50 thing and do his damnest to compromise.The will of the people is important, there are probably just as many sheepole on the left as the right..
    Sheepole are those who do not think or cannot reason (much as sheep, who just follow a leader)

  • http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/ libhomo

    If Franken hadn’t supported the Iraq War, he would have won easily. Ordinarily, a talk radio host should have been able to bring a large following of listeners into the campaign. However, Franken’s stubborn pro war stance created too much ambivalence among Air America listeners to give him that following.

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    Franken also had to shake the title of comedian. That I think was his biggest problem.

    BTW, overthrowing a sitting Senator ain’t easy. I think that he has done well. Very well.

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