*****The Official ZOMG Al vs. Norm Thread*****

[PBS Poll-435]

Al will win, by my estimates, 3600 votes. More than enough to sustain a recount.

St. Louis County is still reporting just 2/3rds of their votes.

Itasca is reporting just 76%.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. Al winning would be the cherry on top of this beautiful night!

nt

[MN Treehugger]

2. I hope you are right

I'm really, really happy about tonight in general but I DO NOT want Norm the Weasel to retain his employment.

Is Hennepin 100% yet?

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Hennepin is at 91%

And that helps. We will tie the race in Hennepin.

We will win because of St. Louis County.

[bookman]

3. That would be great.

I hope you're right. I'd love to hear O'Reilly talk about Senator Al.

[doublethink]

5. Damn now I gotta stay up for this outcome .... common AL !!

Sending positive vibes !!!

[susanna]

6. Hubby went to bed...

...he really wanted an Al Franken win.

I took a nap after work today so I could stay up a while, and took tomorrow off. Here's hoping when I crawl into bed in a couple hours I can give him some good news. ;-)

[PBS Poll-435]

7. I think we have this

It is going to be close, but still.

The manditory recount is probable, but they haven't included the provisionals yet.

[susanna]

11. I will take what I can get!

Seriously this is the best election in, well, forever. :-)

[camera obscura]

8. Even if Coleman wins, I'll be giddy

but if Franken wins? there's not a word t odescribe than emotion... (besides "drunken/dancing around the room/giddy/screaming/joyful")

[calmblueocean]

9. I'd love it if this were true, but I think the gap's just too big.

It looks like a Coleman victory to me. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see how you make up a 12,000+ vote deficit this late in the game.

[paulkienitz]

70. for a moment Franken was apparently ahead

but now the gap is 12500 as of like five minutes ago.

(edit) ten minutes later it's more like 13500 and only 3% are left unreported.

latest report: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=%27%27

[TygrBright]

10. Aw, c'mon you guys in MN... plleeeeeeeeez, somebody....

...jump out from behind a parked car and give Dean Barkley a MASSIVE noogie?

Please?

For me?

I know for a fact he hates noogies.

He really deserves it.

Weasel-boy has GOT to GO.

hopefully,
Bright

[Liberal In Texas]

12. I hope you're right. It just does not seem like Al is closing the gap.

I'm starting to nod off. I want to stay up and see it through.

Damn.

[PBS Poll-435]

14. *********** ************ ****ROFL*************** ************ ***

At this very moment, Al Franken leads by 1000 votes. 11/5/08 - 01:58 AM

[thewiseguy]

16. Al has taken the lead!!!

[PBS Poll-435]

17. Hey, Buddy!

How are ya?

What a great F'in night!!!


:toast:

[thewiseguy]

18. Hell Yea!!!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

[Liberal In Texas]

20. OK, I'm awake again. *!*

[PBS Poll-435]

24. Al Franken leads by 1320 votes

We have a good share of our good counties yet to report.

I think we got this!

[comtec]

13. So it hasnt been devided yet for Al?

That;'s good, I heard he lost...
GO AL!!!!
GO SENATOR AL FRANKEN... WHY NOT ME?! LOL :)

[PBS Poll-435]

15. Al Leads by 1000 votes at the time of this post

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[PBS Poll-435]

19. Al now leads by 1300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trajan]

21. Google has +1065 ...

U.S. Senate
Coleman (R) 42% 1,150,091
Franken (D) 42% 1,151,156
96% precincts reporting

[PBS Poll-435]

26. Pretty close to my numbers

VALID!

[pam4water]

22. I still remember when I read Rush L... is a Big Fat Idoit the first time. I felt like a

big weight was lifted off me. Even though I've never seen Rush.

[Liberal In Texas]

23. This is worse than the Obama wait. GO AL!

[dorktv]

27. Well it was super obvious that President-Elect Obama was going

to win.

[Liberal In Texas]

30. To be honest, I was fearful of the cheating machines and all that

wonderful caging they do. No, when the vote started coming in it was better. But this!

[PBS Poll-435]

44. We have the edge, right now,

Plus 7K+ Provs!

5K will count, 3K are ours.

[dorktv]

25. Come on, more than a half percentage...

[Liberal In Texas]

28. Up by 1320 on CNN.

[tomnjoy]

29. Now up by 1377

Damn...he's slooooowly creeping up :)

[GobamaX]

32. Holy Crap!!!!

[Liberal In Texas]

33. I feel like I'm watching one of those moon shots going up, willing it into the air.

GO AL GO GO GO GO ...

[Trajan]

31. Google now has +1377 ....

U.S. Senate
Coleman (R) 42% 1,151,027
Franken (D) 42% 1,152,404
96% precincts reporting

[JCMach1]

34. CNN and Sec of State MN still has Franken down by about 900

96% in

[tomnjoy]

35. CNN has him up by 1377

Franken 1,152,404 42%
Coleman 1,151,027 42%

[Liberal In Texas]

38. .6 % according to the MSOS site. That is a razors edge.

[PBS Poll-435]

36. Not my CNN

96% in,

Franken - 1152404 - 42%

[JCMach1]

37. Now Franken is up!

They must have been behind the curve a bit

[JCMach1]

39. Franken now +1003

[Liberal In Texas]

42. Yipes!

[tomnjoy]

40. Up by 1,003

Franken 1,158,003 42%
Coleman 1,157,000 42%


I don't know if I can take this much longer! LOL!

[PBS Poll-435]

41. At this time, Al up by 1003

St. Louis still at 84%
Itasca at 76%

Carlton at 87%






:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[PBS Poll-435]

43. 955

And NOT concerned!

[tomnjoy]

45. Yep, St. Louis County still at 84%

It didn't change with the last update. Sheesh...I really need to go to bed but I CAN'T until I see this through! :)

[PBS Poll-435]

48. I am 95% sure that we will win this,

I HAD TO MAKE MY OWN THREAD on this race because I saw quite a few, "I thought we were gonna win that one ....." posts tonight.

Al will be the next Senator.

95% sure!

[Liberal In Texas]

46. Ooooh, I'm glad you're not.

You must know Minnesota better than I do. I only used to vacation up there, in places like Itasca. I guess I don't have a very good read on the politics outside MSP.

[JCMach1]

47. Anyone know what the recount threshold is for MN?

[PBS Poll-435]

49. One half of one percent.

.5%

[JCMach1]

53. With you guys too at least until the top of the hour when I have a meeting to go to

It is early afternoon in the UAE

[PBS Poll-435]

55. Can I PM you when the networks declare a winner?

;-)

[tomnjoy]

51. .5%

At least, I think so. If I'm wrong, someone else please correct me :)

[Trajan]

50. Latest Google News Results ... +945

U.S. Senate
Coleman (R) 42% 1,157,326
Franken (D) 42% 1,158,271
96% precincts reporting

[Liberal In Texas]

52. Up 836.

[PBS Poll-435]

54. Good by me!

They have almost run out of silly string.

Our strongest counties outside of the Twin Cities have yet to fully report.

[Liberal In Texas]

58. I'm glad you're being cool. Calming me down.

[tomnjoy]

56. Come on St. Louis County

I'm sooo tired ... hurry up St. Louis County! LOL!

[StrictlyRockers]

57. Any update?

and does anyone know if Bachman lost to tinklenbur?

[tomnjoy]

61. Bachmann won

Ugh...I'm so disgusted. I'm in the 6th district. She won 47% to 43%.

[PBS Poll-435]

59. Al + 1344

You Betcha!

[Liberal In Texas]

60. I make it 344.

[JCMach1]

63. CNN just updated...

+1300 or so for AL

[tomnjoy]

66. Up by 1633

[tomnjoy]

69. Oops, make that DOWN

I didn't notice the switch of names.

[JCMach1]

67. Check that +1600 now

[PBS Poll-435]

64. Is 1653 Ok by you?

:D

[buddysmellgood]

62. FRANK-KEN, FRANK-KEN,- FRANK-KEN, FRANK- KEN.

That should do it. He'll win now.
We NEED Al in the senate.

[PBS Poll-435]

68. Calm Down

:D

Al has won


(I am 97% sure)

[buddysmellgood]

148. It's that stinking 3 percent that is so vexing :) I still believe.

[PBS Poll-435]

149. From my table the other night...

8% left to count.

6% of that was in our favorable areas.

Something doesn't smell right.

[Liberal In Texas]

65. 97% Coleman up by 1633. CNN

:-(

[JCMach1]

71. ? seems like a glitch

[Liberal In Texas]

72. Check for yourself...

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#MNS01

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=\'\'

[JCMach1]

73. Apparently not... this is going back and forth!

[PBS Poll-435]

Still ok.

Look at our numbers.

Rural County data dump.


St. Louis County is untouched. 84%

Itasca? 76%

[Liberal In Texas]

77. CNN has AL down 3320 97%

[PBS Poll-435]

82. :-)

:woohoo:

[Trajan]

74. This BLOWS .... Coleman up 1633

U.S. Senate
Coleman (R) 42% 1,165,845
Franken (D) 42% 1,164,212
97% precincts reporting

[tomnjoy]

75. Coleman up by 3320

BUT ... St. Louis County reporting hasn't changed - still holding at 84%

[tomnjoy]

76. delete ... dupe

Don't need a dupe of THAT! :)

[Liberal In Texas]

78. Al now up 1752. This is CRAZY!

[Unsane]

79. Franken up 2100/98% in per CNN.com

[Curtland1015]

86. Come on Al! Come on!!!!!

[JCMach1]

80. Al back in the lead per CNN

[RL3AO]

81. SOS site down to 7500

[PBS Poll-435]

83. And trailing the AP count

:-)

[Liberal In Texas]

84. Al +2287 CNN 98%

[nico818]

85. Hold baby! Hold!

[PBS Poll-435]

88. It will

Sterns is done (almost) reporting. 99%!

:D

[Curtland1015]

91. Come on Al! Come on!!!

[tomnjoy]

87. Mostly blue counties left

It looks like the only red county left is Cass County (small rural area). That last jump for Coleman was probably from Crow Wing county - it just jumped to 100%. Now the big counties left are St. Louis, Itasca and Carlton - all blue!

[PBS Poll-435]

89. And you know what that means....

:party:

[tomnjoy]

94. Yep!!

Damn, what a nail-biter though. I wish it had been a bigger win, but hey I'll take it!!

:toast:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

90. this thing's probably getting recounted in any case, right?

?

[PBS Poll-435]

92. Probably

Not worried.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

93. nom nom nom nom nom

ran out of sunflower seeds, now I'm starting on my nails

this is excruciating

[PBS Poll-435]

95. Glad to see you here!

It sucks being up at 3AM with nobody else!

[tomnjoy]

100. Hey ... nobody???

Just kidding! :P

[spiderpig]

102. I'm here watching from the West Coast.

Does that count?:shrug:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

107. I know

I'm gonna start chewing on the keyboard soon.

I just wanna say how much I have loved Franken from the very first SNL, even when his bits didn't make me laugh, to his movies that revealed the compassion and insight that inform his point of view, to the books that proved his tenacious, wonky dedication to the truth (with jokes), to his Air America show that was sometimes silly and sometimes dumb but always informative. And I am so proud that he has done so well in his first run for office, and so happy I was able to donate to his cause.

:loveya: Al! :loveya:

[Dr Fate]

96. Fux has Franken lead:

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html?stateAbbr=MN

[PBS Poll-435]

97. 2265 at last count

98% reporting.


:D

[Liberal In Texas]

101. I'm starting to feel better. Recount or not.

[Smuckies]

98. Im scared.

:grouphug:

[nico818]

99. The good news is democratic St. Louis county is only at 84% and it has a big population

[PBS Poll-435]

103. Duluth

What a town!

[tomnjoy]

105. Yup - my hometown!

I was born in Duluth. My family still lives up on "da Range".

[PBS Poll-435]

108. I am pleased to have met you tonight.

Just in case I don't have the opportunity to say so later.

[tomnjoy]

109. Right back atcha!! :)

I am pleased to have met you, too! It's been an exciting night and I was honored to share it with you. :)

Go Al, Go Al, Go Al!

[tomnjoy]

104. I think my stepfather is right...

He works for St. Louis County and he's not always thrilled about how they do things and their "efficiency". LOL!

That's okay though - we love our blue friends up there - I'm just going crazy here, and so sleepy!

[zeos3]

106. So much for quitting smoking...

[Liberal In Texas]

111. "I guess I picked a bad day to quit smoking...."

[zeos3]

125. LOL

I was hoping someone would come up with a pic. Thanks for the laugh, boy it's late...

[PBS Poll-435]

110. 2226

:D

[PBS Poll-435]

112. 1433

NOT CONCERNED




The red counties are all basically counted.

Come on St. Louis County!

[tomnjoy]

113. Yep, it's okay - St. Louis hasn't moved

St. Louis is still sitting at 84% so it's still good. Although I wish they'd start reporting that last 16%!! Maybe they got tired and went to bed? LOL

[PBS Poll-435]

115. Cigarette break

:rofl:

[tomnjoy]

119. LOL!

:rofl:

They drove over to Superior, WI to get a drink (bars open later there).

[Liberal In Texas]

114. I'm going to go to bed believing Franken beat that asshole Coleman.

And believing if there's a recount he'll still win.

Thanks all for staying up for the nail biting. See you on the other side of dawn.

:toast:

[PBS Poll-435]

116. Thanks for staying up.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

117. Where do you find percentages of counties reporting?

I can't figure it out from CNN.

[RL3AO]

120. here

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/county/#val=MNS01p1

[tomnjoy]

121. Roll mouse over each county

If you're on the Minnesota state page looking at the senate results, if you roll your mouse over the county, it will give you the results for that county and just below the graphic of the state of Minnesota it will show you the % reporting.

[PBS Poll-435]

122. Select the "larger map" option

Then scroll over the counties.

CNN is my 3rd source on data verification, but they are usuall pretty good.









Pssst. Except for this time.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

129. Lol!

What, are you saying she didn't get 9796% of the vote?

Thanks for the how-to.

[PBS Poll-435]

131. In WV, it might have been possible,

I remain skeptical.

[chalky]

118. I can't BELIEVE this crap! I could have gone to bed HOURS ago

after Obama was safely elected. But NOOOOOO, I'm up at three in the morning for Al Freaking Franken!

Come on, Al!

[tomnjoy]

123. I hear ya!

My poor hubby is passed out on the couch asleep. I so badly wanted Al Franken and El Tinklenberg to win. El's out and now I'm focused on Al and waiting (not-so-patiently, I might add) for St. Louis County to report!!

[PBS Poll-435]

124. 1164

Al is in the lead.

And has been for a while...



3600

[paulkienitz]

126. why does Google keep showing Franken ahead, but Sec. State shows him behind?

The Google results are always a few thousand votes ahead of the official secretary of state page ( http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=all&P=A&Races=%27%27 ), but over a span of time a good deal longer than the gap in how much is counted, one keeps showing Franken ahead and the other shows him behind. What the WTF?

In face, according to that page, Franken is now down by 5880, with only thirty-some thousand votes left to count. That sounds pretty impossible to make up. But google shows Franken up by 379. (As of 3:35 central time.)

[PBS Poll-435]

128. The SOS is asleep

:shrug:

[paulkienitz]

139. CNN agrees with google... (both now saying Coleman back ahead)

but there's still a 5000 or so vote difference relative to the S. of S.

[nico818]

127. WTF St. Louis county has been stuck at 84% reporting forever...

[tomnjoy]

130. Guys, I don't think I can make it...

I really want to hang on for that last 1% but I am about to fall asleep face first on the keyboard. I am exhausted, have a headache and really need sleep. So I guess I am going to have to call it a night with the faith that Al Franken has won (and St. Louis County will EVENTUALLY report their results).

It has been a FANTASTIC night - I'm so glad I got to share it with you!!

:grouphug:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

132. Sleep tight! It's been a grand night

I just made coffee, but then I have the luxury of working from home.

[Dr Fate]

133. Coleman back up per CNN n/t

n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

134. St Louis has 16% left

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

135. up by 490

Counties still reporting:

Repub column:
Cass - 86%
Wright - 95%

Dem column:
Pine - 96%
Itasca - 91%
St. Louis - still at 84%
Hennepin - 99%

[opihimoimoi]

136. WTF???? AL????? Where are you???

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

137. Coleman up by 2838

All the votes came from red counties. Wright has now reported 100% and Cass is up to 89% from 86%.

That leaves four blue counties still to finish reporting.

[paulkienitz]

140. with just 16 precincts left,

the S. of S.'s totals have now fallen into line with CNN and Google, vindicating them I guess. Franken is now down by 1978 votes. I would guess the uncounted votes to number somewhere around 11000.

They may have to be digging into provisional ballots.

(edit) woops, one more precinct in, difference is now 1658. If we keep making up 300 per precinct...

[paulkienitz]

141. -1015 with 13 precincts left... argh, I can't go to bed! (nt)

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

143. I know, it's addictive!

I finished the coffee I made to get through the 3am slump and now feel compelled to see this through, even though one side or the other will want a recount.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

142. Yep, looks like a recount's coming... n/t

[No Elephants]

138. Go, Al!

[JCMach1]

144. What's the latest? Can't even get the SOS results...

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

145. Coleman ahead by 762 with almost every precinct in

A recount looms.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapSMN

[paulkienitz]

146. final result: coleman by 476. automatic recount.

Hey, with the cold I've got, I can do Franken's voice now.

Fucking Coleman said that Franken should "abandon" a recount. Like he wouldn't be demanding one if he lost by, say, eight thousand.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

147. Screw you, Norm. Caught fucking a goose you'd claim to be fluffing

the bolster. recount every last vote.

[Stellabella]

150. Nope, up by 236.

And they're not done counting yet.