While most of the country gets a break from all of the political mumbo jumbo .... Minnesnowta is still stuck in a campaign blizzard.Preliminary results show Norm Colman as the Senate victor, but with such a close vote count, Al Frankin is doing all he can to change that, because he is good enough, and strong enough, and just really likes himself!
The manual recount has started , and Senator Norm Coleman is trying to reassure supporters that while the vote totals may “swing wildly from day to day,” they were confident the Republican lawmaker would hold onto his seat.
Meanwhile, Al Franken traveled to Washington to meet with Senate leaders Harry Reid, Charles E. Schumer and Amy Klobuchar. Looks like he thinks Frankenberries will be the cereal of choice at the Senate floor breakfasts.
According to a spokesman, Franken gave the senators an update on the recount process and they briefed him on the party’s legislative agenda. When he emerged from one of his meetings on Capitol Hill he reportedly said that he was cautiously optimistic about his chances.The AL campaign "fighting" for every last vote. A judge ruled to force one Minnesota county to turn over data on absentee voters whose ballots were rejected. The Franken team is trying to obtain similar information from each of the state’s 87 counties.
Thousands of volunteers are out all across Minnesota to witness the recount process. I am not one of them. Re-counts are bunk! What makes a re-count more official than the original results? In my mind, a hand count is far more likely to have errors. Here is my count .... Norm won.
The Coleman campaign turned its Web site into Web site into a real-time ticker of recount developments, and both candidates are raising money (bribing judges) to keep their campaigns afloat until a winner is declared.
Officials set a goal of Dec. 5 to complete the re-count. The state canvassing board plans to reconvene on Dec. 16 to review all the challenged ballots. Then, the Christmas presents will be handed out!
