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After more than 5 months since a close election race in Minnesota, & a decision in favour of Franken in the lower courts, Coleman files an appeal to take the decision to the MN Supreme Court. Franken spokesperson says Coleman campaign in "death throes"

How the Democrats 'won' the Washington governor's mansion in 2004. Sorry Minnesota, but the sequel is never as good as the original. For those who watched the Washington State governor's race recounts in 2004, the ongoing recount drama in Minnesota is just another rehash of the same script -- albeit for a U.S. Senate seat that might put Democrats one vote away from a filibuster-proof majority. Four years ago in Washington, Democratic Party candidate Christine Gregoire lost the first count, lost the recount, and then won a second, highly dubious recount by 133 votes. In Minnesota, where Sen. Norm Coleman...

Its like that old story, counting votes is like Sausage, you may enjoy eating it but under no circumstances do you want to see them made. The vote counting process in Minnesota is so frightening and embarrassing. Votes are found in cars, on Machines that were never counted, its a joke. Yesterday Franken's team announced that there were 133 votes missing, of course many of the people involved say that the people were double counted and there are no missing votes. Today they found missing votes (12) but they are not from the missing batch. Are the Keystone Kops running...

Disgusted with an elections process that won’t allow him to steal enough votes to win, (not so funny) comedian Al Franken (D) vowed today to the leave the country as soon as possible. “Damn. I really thought those crackpots on the Board of Canvassers were going to let me win this thing, but they apparently believe in fair elections up here,” Franken said, flapping his ample lips. “This is ridiculous. If a man can’t steal an election, how can we say there is liberty and freedom to pursue happiness in this country? I’m going to leave this friggin’ place. It’s...