Friday, January 2, 2009
News Sen. Franken — no kidding?
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:16 PM
It's hard to believe the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota remains undecided – but that may not be the case for much longer. The AP reports that the state's canvassing board expects to declare a winner by Tuesday – the same day the new Congress is set to convene.
I'd stopped following the daily count a while back, but apparently Democratic comedian Al Franken has pulled ahead of GOP incumbent Norm Coleman – by a mere 50 votes! The last step in the recount is to go back over a box of previously rejected absentee ballots. Minnesota is officially the new Florida.
But wait! The latest news is that Republican senators are threatening to vote against seating Franken even if he is certified as the winner, at least until Coleman's legal challenges have been exhausted. That seems kind of crummy.
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Franken needs one more "lost" envelope of ballots that vote, shockingly, overwhelmingly for him. He's managed that neat feat twice already, so no problem going for the hat trick, eh Al?
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I'm sick of all this Minnesota U.S. Senate race talk. This guy and I know that the real losers in this political sham are the Lizard People.
Scott first admits he hasn't been paying attention to what's been going on. Then he declares that "Minnesota is officially the new Florida." As if he knew what was going on at all. In reality the process has been VERY transparent and fair. Try actually watching the coverage live at somewhere like www.theuptake.org and you will see exacty how Un-Florida this whole process has been.
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