Coleman's Lead Down to 5 in Minnesota Senate Recount  

Zeph, you're so funny! Yep, I'm sure one will bow out gracefully and say, "Here, you can have it..." The next session of Congress begins on Jan. 5 so maybeit won't be resolved by then.
Annie

Wonderful! A response from the scene of the crime...lol!
How are people there in Minnesota reacting to all this? Probably all sick of hearing about it like you said. Anyway, I can see them working together and sharing the job about as much as I can see one of them gracefully bowing out!
Annie

Ha! That reminds me of the election of 2000 when Saturday Night Live did a skit on "The Presidential Couple", spoofing The Odd Couple. I wish I had the video to show you. It was hilarious.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00ecouple.phtml

So far it has went from coleman leading by like 250 votes to frankin up by 2 votes talk about a close call lol. They have to settle it soon they set a deadline. If they cant there will be someone assigned to the seat temporarly untill its resolved. What a pain this is thankfully it doesnt happen often here in minnesota.

I just had to thank Taskr for that SNL transcript! I saw that show when it was originally aired and laughed my a$$ off. I could hear the Odd Couple theme as I read it just now.
Annie

I think this is the first time they've ever had a problem like this in Minnesota. In fact, when the recount was just about to start I seem to recall someone saying how that's one state where they haven't had any problems in the past so it should go smoothly...yeah, RIGHT!! I DO understand how whenever the vote is that close there should be a recount because when the votes are being counted electronically there's always a chance of some being skipped or misread. Maybe every state should have thousands of people "on call" to do a manual recount just in case? Also, hopefully since they're now going through it they'll come to some kind of consensus on the disputed ballots. I mean, they have to decide for once and for all what is done with ballots where there's just a little smudge by one name and the other is crossed out or where someone wrote something in in the wrong place, etc. I looked at some of the ballots that were disputed and I'm not sure how I'd rule some of them. I think what we need is a uniform national system for elections, especially for federal positions like President, Senate and House. One kind of ballot and/or machine, one standard of what counts and what doesn't, etc. Of course, that makes WAY too much sense.
Annie

That's what I'm hearing. They're saying the absentee ballots that had been rejected but were ordered to be counted by the Minnesota Supreme Court should favor Franken. I'm not sure why but it must have something to do with where they came from and the demographics of the voters. Hopefully we'll know by next year!
Annie

The latest update has Franken now ahead by over 200 votes.
Annie

Who even said anything about any other state in this discussion, Suspenseful? I was simply updating an ongoing issue with this recount. We're not even remotely close to having 100% Democrats in power. What would YOU think about 100% Republican? I'll bet you'd have no problem with that although you don't even live here.
Annie

Wow! I know I'm surprised!
Annie

I believe I heard there were something like 1500 absentee votes to be counted, so it's still a "horse race".

I heard that the Coleman people are claiming that the Franken people are double counting people, and they keep on finding more ballots. It sounds like Florida all over again. It's a good think this election didn't come down to one state again.

The latest update on the StarTribune site has Franken up by 251 but that may not mean a thing, right?
Annie

I would have to agree with you on that one. I don't think that there is any chance that this is decided without a judge getting involved.