what is Rachel talking about?

[FLAprogressive]

http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenco.html

Franken is not down by 3 percentage points!

[Faygo Kid]

1. Debbie Downer?

Rachel is great, but she really needs to cut some serious shit out.

[FLAprogressive]

2. Eek looks like she's right

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

[spooky3]

7. far fewer votes are shown on that site vs. the one in the OP

does that mean that the OP's linked site is more up-to-date?

[Orangepeel]

3. which precincts have they recounted?

Only dozens of votes are changing, if that. So it is still going to be close when they are all done. They must just have counted Coleman strong precincts so far.

[Patsy Stone]

4. In votes actually counted

he might be. There are still hundreds of thousands to go.

[wellstone dem]

5. She is just exagerating--if you count the votes as they are

recounted, she is right.

But if you count the new votes by precinct, and then add in the existing count for precincts not recounted, then Al is now down 136 votes. He has gained about 80 votes since the recount started.

[last_texas_dem]

6. I think she is talking about the difference between the totals in the votes that have been recounted

overall, and not the difference between losses or gains in disputed votes.