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

[Sam Spade]

My opinion on what Coleman is doing:

1) Helping his future career: no matter what he does (visiting professor, lobbyist, future candidate), he'll be better off the more artificial controversy injected into his loss.  Of course, the national and state GOP definitely wants as little legitimacy inserted into Franken's victory as possible.

2) He has nothing to lose. 

You never help your *political* career by challenging an election, Lunar.

[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.