Posted on 12/18/2008 4:44:52 PM PST by cdchik123
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken has become incredibly close -- with Coleman clinging to a two-vote lead.
That's the latest tally after the state Canvassing Board spent a third day ruling on disputed ballots. There are hundreds of challenges yet to decide, as well as thousands of withdrawn challenges that have yet to be tallied.
Coleman had entered Thursday's session leading Franken by 360 votes. But that lead eroded all day as the board considered a pile of challenges brought entirely by the Coleman campaign. The pile included a big chunk of withdrawn challenges, many of which went quickly to Franken's column.
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That’s not only because he’s a cRAT, but because he knows he’d never get anywhere near this close again (due to the 3-way vote split this time). Now or never.
Is Minnesota the state that elected the wrestler that wore the feather boa?
Enough of this BS, let the state do a RUNOFF.
Socialists engage in Stalinist tactics. Same as they always have, comrade.
We’re quickly moving beyond “that awkward stage”, aren’t we...
Check Sandy Burglar’s socks and underwear for Coleman ballots.
They manufactured votes by claiming that voters INTENDED to vote for Franken if they voted for Obambi even though polls shows OBAMA(TM) was more popular than Franken.
I blame the Red Diaper Doper Baby Boom generation. From the sixties on this country went Red Pinko.
Doesn’t surprise me at all. Same thing happened in Washington in ‘04. Keep re-counting till the Dem is ahead then declare a winner.
Seems so.
“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”
What the hell is wrong with Minnesota?
“Part of them are the absentee votes that Coleman wants to block”
Why would he want to block them? The military would overwhelmingly vote for Coleman.
Let's get to altering or abolishing...
It’s not that hard to ensure an election isn’t stolen. But the GOP doesn’t know how to play hard ball. I’m still shocked they managed to preseve Florida. they probably only did so because it was so highly scrutinized and the Bush family with their long ties to those in power had an investment in not backing down. Even then it took all of conservative media’s might and the citizenry (of which Freepers played a role) to shine a light on the attempted theft.
They stole Washington state’s governor race in 2004 and the party did practically nothing. neither did most conservative media. That’s part of why I’m not invested here. I expect the GOP to allow this race to be stolen too, and maybe I’m still bitter they let Rossi go down even though he won by a larger margin then Coleman.
If Coleman were say, Sessions? I’d be more active but he’s not policy wise. And yes I know it’s a terrible thing what is happening and I should spit fire over it in principle, but having had it happen in my own state my emotional reserves are spent until I see the GOP make a real move to prevent this from ever occuring rather then behaving in reaction after the fact.
this is the Minnesota populace fault.
Don’t bother to start fomenting the “Bush is bad. Bush lied...blah blah.” We already have had weeks of that.
Hey, have you heard? Bush is not running again. Get over it. and start to work locally!
YAWN.
Bush bashing. THAT will certainly get our conservative movement going.
Because when Coleman challenged ballots originally awarded to Franken, they were removed from Franken's total vote. So when some of Coleman's challenges were rejected by the canvassing board, the vote was added back into Franken's column.
The current totals don't mean squat. It's only the final tally that counts.
I agree. the Republican party is so split. The Congress critters have just never said boo to their Dem cohorts.
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