MN Sen Recount (UPDATE: Stuart Smalley certified winner, lawsuit forthcoming)

[Meeker]

He's running the risk of becoming the next Dino Rossi. The 7 months of whining on his part did nothing to help his 2008 run.

[Sam Spade]

The real question is whether the 40 votes exist or not.  As pointed out in The Hill piece, Franken will not get a certificate of election if Coleman challenges the election in court.

So all one has to do to prevent certification is to challenge in court?

Here is the law: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=204C.40&year=2008

Dumb.

Don't ask me why, I don't live in Minnesota. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh well, at least there's less than 24 hours remaining with Norm Coleman as my Senator, even if Franken won't take over immediately.

[Lunar]

Franken and Coleman agree to count 900 ballots

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/37004419.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU

TPM claims that 255 are from  Hennepin

[Marokai Backbeat]

God forbid we actually count all the votes.

[Lunar]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/03/tense-moments-as-coleman-camp-seeks-to-stop-recount/#more-34112

So Coleman's campaign agreed to count 950 ballots today, yesterday, but today they were all like nooooooooo legal stop don't count them, but then today again they changed their mind and said ok maybe count them go ahead

[Sarnstrom]

The Uptake's analysis of the ballots that will be counted today have Franken picking up between 30-60 votes.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Will Cornyn or someone plan to draw a distinction between the seating of Franken compared to Burris in the Senate? Both will arrive with official credentials from their state and both with a legal cloud surrounding the credentials for that seat. It's true that one is an election and one is an appointment, but is that enough to draw the distinction?

While it is a coincidence that there are these two cases at the same time, they actually are fairly different. Only extreme Republican hacks would think that there was something wrong in provisionally seating the man who got the most votes in the Minnesota election. The Illinois situation has more complicated legal and ethical issues.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Oh well, at least there's less than 24 hours remaining with Norm Coleman as my Senator, even if Franken won't take over immediately.

Coleman became a former Senator at noon eastern time.

[Torie]

Oh well, at least there's less than 24 hours remaining with Norm Coleman as my Senator, even if Franken won't take over immediately.

Coleman became a former Senator at noon eastern time.

Hey, you remember those missing 149 ballots allegedly from  some commie precinct in Minneapolis?  Well, I just found them in my bottom drawer, and oddly enough they are all marked for Coleman.

[Sarnstrom]

They're counting now, with about 40% counted:
Franken 207
Coleman 109

The votes are being counted randomly.

[Holmes]

Ahh the suspense.

I turned on the live stream and heard the guy say Franken 7 times in a row. And it was funnier than I had just described it. It was probably the guy's voice...

[Ronnie]

Congrats, senator-elect Franken.  As disgusting as you are, you will be the next senator.

[Lunar]

The victory margin will end up being larger than the Gregoire-Rossie one from '04

[Ban my account ffs!]

While not official, Al Franken will almost certainly be the next senator from Minnesota.  He is ahead by 226 with the last vote counted.

There will be court challenges, but I don't think it will change much.

It's truly a great day for Minnesota to see Chameleon Coleman booted out of office.

[Lunar]

mmm, well I hope Franken does a good job

While not official, Al Franken will almost certainly be the next senator from Minnesota. 

Barring assassination or other physical impairments or a scandal bigger than Sam's to force him to resign.

There's still hope Ronnie

[Lief 🗽]

59.

[Holmes]

59.

Chambliss will be the firewall!

Oh wait he's out golfing.

[muon2]

Will Cornyn or someone plan to draw a distinction between the seating of Franken compared to Burris in the Senate? Both will arrive with official credentials from their state and both with a legal cloud surrounding the credentials for that seat. It's true that one is an election and one is an appointment, but is that enough to draw the distinction?

While it is a coincidence that there are these two cases at the same time, they actually are fairly different. Only extreme Republican hacks would think that there was something wrong in provisionally seating the man who got the most votes in the Minnesota election. The Illinois situation has more complicated legal and ethical issues.

I agree that there are substantially different ethics between the IL Gov and the MN Canvassing Board, but that is exactly what the Powell case says is irrelevant to Senate seating. If Coleman files a court challenge, both Franken and Burris will have equally deficient certification credentials to present to the Senate.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Will Cornyn or someone plan to draw a distinction between the seating of Franken compared to Burris in the Senate? Both will arrive with official credentials from their state and both with a legal cloud surrounding the credentials for that seat. It's true that one is an election and one is an appointment, but is that enough to draw the distinction?

While it is a coincidence that there are these two cases at the same time, they actually are fairly different. Only extreme Republican hacks would think that there was something wrong in provisionally seating the man who got the most votes in the Minnesota election. The Illinois situation has more complicated legal and ethical issues.

I agree that there are substantially different ethics between the IL Gov and the MN Canvassing Board, but that is exactly what the Powell case says is irrelevant to Senate seating. If Coleman files a court challenge, both Franken and Burris will have equally deficient certification credentials to present to the Senate.

The Senate should provisionally seat the obvious winner while the frivolous challenges are being dealt with. Coleman wanted to steal the election like Bush did in 2000, but he lost fair and square.

[ChrisFromNJ]

Senator Lanslide Franken.

[Barack Hussian YO MAMA!!!!]

Hooray !!!!! what a prefect way to end a great election season I know there are a lot of people who don't like Al Franken they might think he is too partisan or he has said some offensive jokes in the past but I find him to be a person of character regardless of how others see him. 

as much as I hate labels this really has been a good election season for people who consider themselves to be somewhat liberal. watching obama and franken win,  the Dem's gaining 59 seats really would have been unimaginable in 2004. we shall see what the next four years will bring, I can only hope for the best for our nation and are new president:).

as for are conservative friend's cheer up politics Eb's and flows, the republicans will be back they will probably gain a lot of seats in 2010. they will be back by 2016 or maybe even before that depending on how popular obama is. only time will tell, I'm hoping for the best.   

[Хahar 🤔]

the republicans will be back they will probably gain a lot of seats in 2010.

What?

[Lunar]

MASS - sorry to be blunt, do you even know what you're talking about when you say the Republicans will gain "a lot" of Senate seats in 2010?

[Barack Hussian YO MAMA!!!!]

MASS - sorry to be blunt, do you even know what you're talking about when you say the Republicans will gain "a lot" of Senate seats in 2010?

nope just makeing it up as I go along.