MN-Sen: Getting Tighter

Last night, Hans Cole-Man was leading Al Franken by 477 votes. Of course, for the dickface that is Norm Coleman, that margin was good enough to ask Al Franken to waive the mandatory recount requirement and just call it day right there.

But the Minnesota Secretary of State has been updating its final results tally during the day, and Cole-Man’s lead keeps getting smaller:

   9:15 AM  

   Coleman: 1,211,520

   Franken: 1,211,077

   10:15 AM  

   Coleman: 1,211,525

   Franken: 1,211,088

   1:20 PM  

   Coleman: 1,211,527

   Franken: 1,211,190

And right now?

   Coleman: 1,211,542

   Franken: 1,211,306

236 votes. I think we’ll wait for all the ballots to be properly counted before we declare your victory, Norm. You dickface.

24 thoughts on “MN-Sen: Getting Tighter”

  2. It seems even when this does go to a recount that the machines used in the Minneapolis area are susceptible to reading errors. Therefore Franken might pick up some more votes there if he doesn’t get enough from this review.

  4. Apparently the Normster didn’t learn the first rule of being a politician: be humble in victory or defeat.

    He should take some lessons from Gordon Smith, who today realizing that his lead has evaporated, conceded the race to Democrat Jeff Merkley, making him the 6th new Democratic Senator.

    I have one final question: why doesn’t your country just use paper ballots marked with pencils like in Canada? Canada is so huge, yet we are able to tell who won or lose within like half an hour after the polls close.  

  5. ….is for Democrats to rein in more votes as the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed in the counting process for the two days following the election, so it’s not surprising that Franken has closed the gap so much.  With that said, the numbers are usually finalized by the Thursday evening after the election, meaning Franken probably has to count on the recount to make up the difference.  

  6. But Gregoire won by 129 votes after 2 recounts. About the same number of people voted in WA-Gov in 2004 as MN-SEN in 2008

    So Franken is definitely still in this for the long haul.

  8. Not Hennepin County, or St. Louis County.  But Pine County, where a sleepy person shorted Franked by 100–“24” instead of “124.”

    There’s a GREAT article in today’s Star Tribune.  It explained why the numbers have changed, the current steps, and the next steps:

    http://www.startribune.com/pol…

    Money quote:

    “…on average, about two of every 1,000 ballots are not counted by the scanners for various reasons, which could add 6,000 ballots in the Senate race — more than enough to provide a decisive result.”

    Important note:  The Secretary of State Project in 2006 helped elect a DFL Secretary of State in Minnesota.  Very important now!!!

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