Al Franken Pulls Ahead

[BigBearJohn]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/25933/0177/99/653826

Wed Nov 05, 2008 at 12:02:50 AM PST
As of about midnight Pacific, Al Franken took a 1,000 vote lead.

Based on some back of the envelope numbers and outstanding votes, he stands a good chance of maintaining that lead.

[Fluffdaddy]

1. Great to read

[vaberella]

2. Thanks BBJ. Franken is driving me nuts. I'm going to bed.

We need someone to post all wins and all recounts that will be going on. Because I still think we have a chance in Montana and Missouri and now we have GA in play.

[Rosco T.]

3. GO! AL! GO!

[Trajan]

4. Franken now lags again ... by 1633

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

[ThatPoetGuy]

8. updated....

Franken 1,188,073
Coleman 1,185,786
98% reporting

Franken with a 2,287 lead, if my late night math stands up

[MattP]

5. Cnn is a couple of thousand ahead of this

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

[Hope And Change]

6. Al Franken leads now with nearly 4000 votes.

[Fluffdaddy]

7. Really You're not kidding ME are you?

[jzodda]

12. Yay!

Big win if we get this. Fox News and O'liely must be shakin in their boots! :)

[enigmatic]

dupe n/t

[enigmatic]

9. I badly want Al to win

I want to see Billo have to say "Senator Al Franken..."

[Curtland1015]

10. I think he might win it! Come on Al!

God this would be awesome!

[lebkuchen]

11. Franken should take MN based on this map

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25362448

It's primarily the very blue Duluth area that has not been completely counted.

[RL3AO]

13. This is going to a statewide recount.

[lebkuchen]

14. what's the rule?

[RL3AO]

17. Automatic if its within 0.5% (around 15,000 votes)

[lebkuchen]

20. so recount but no revote as in Georgia

which would probably work to the dems favor considering their history of "missing" ballots in this or that state....they'll have time to find them all. :)

[jzodda]

18. 3000 vote lead going into a recount is a good thing

And 2% left to report so it could go up. :)

[RL3AO]

19. The State site has Coleman up 7500 with 2 percent left

So who knows whats going to happen.

[Blue Belle]

15. Go Al Go!

Go Merkley Go!

[pam4water]

16. Why is the official state site behind in vote tallies from the news organizations?

[StrictlyRockers]

21. I can't figure that out, either. Crazy.....

[sohndrsmith]

22. it's technology, they can't update as fast as the major networks. That's all (my guess) n/t