Franken Up by 250 votes...

[RoyGBiv]

45% reporting.

Damn.

Edit: Spelling

[opihimoimoi]

1. Too fucking close....

[nytemare]

2. That's a close one.

Will be interesting to see the results.

[charlie]

3. Down by about 11K

51% reporting. Pass the Maalox.

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

[RoyGBiv]

4. BAH!

[charlie]

5. Halfway there

Still plenty of time/room to maneuver.

Lend me your nails, I already ate mine.

[RoyGBiv]

7. Yeah, mine are gone ...

I'm working on the cat's now.

He's none to happy about it either. :)

[RoyGBiv]

6. Maalox ...

Who was that movie/television character who drank Maalox and vodka?

I think that might work.

[charlie]

8. Sounds real familiar

But I can't remember. I can't remember my name right now.

[RoyGBiv]

9. Pssst ...

You're charlie.

I'm Puddintain. I think I spelled that wrong though.

[charlie]

16. Thanks

What was it again? Wait, it's sewn in my underwear, I'll turn that inside out.

Arrrgh, c'mo-o-o-on Minnesota. You gave us Humphrey, McCarthy, Mondale, and Wellstone. You can do it again, goddammit!

[charlie]

10. Down 20K

56%

[kitfalbo]

12. UH.

I'm in texas and this one is painful for me.

[RoyGBiv]

13. OKay ...

I'm going back to being an observer. This is the first thing I started an OP on, and it went straight to hell thereafter.

I'm jinxed.

Same reason I didn't enter the Guess the Electoral Vote contest here.

Ah well ... I have beer and a new President, and I'm gonna volunteer tomorrow to help Shrub move out early if he's so inclined. :)

[charlie]

18. Good idea

I think I'll have a beer and a new President too. That sounds good.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I hope he makes it

by the way, too early to tell but it looks like realignment to me

By the way one little sign from my corner of the world... san diego county went for Obama

Now lets see what happens with Eight

GRRRRR

[RoyGBiv]

15. Harris County is going Blue

Not certain of it yet, but it looks good.

In Texas, I mean.

I'm in Harris County and quite happy about this turn of events.

I've never voted in a *county* that went Dem before in a Presidential election, so there's that.

Have to start thinking on the realignment picture in a couple months. That's the way it looks though. Really strong signs.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. It will take lots of looking at stats et al

to see if this is the case

Detailed SOS data from all over the country

[RoyGBiv]

25. I will enjoy this ...

I'm trying to latch myself to a poli sci student looking for a dissertation thesis and leaning toward this.

And I think we just wrote the epilogue to the book version of the dissertation I'm helping with right now. The broad subject is self-segregation, black towns, its evolution, how that philosophy lost favor, and what it all lead to. Perfect timing.

Some days ... I'm really happy to be alive.

[mymessageboardid]

14. Can someone start a thread on this?

I am new and can't start a thread.

Apparently there was a thread over on Hannity discussing assassination right after Obama passed 270. I'm betting the moderator over there didn't report it to SS either. Real shocker, huh?

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=581411

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

[RoyGBiv]

17. Just post a few more times ...

You'll be able to start a thread soon. Usually doesn't require many more posts than you have at the moment.

'Scuse me ... got a speech to watch. :)

[mymessageboardid]

19. Thank you

[defendandprotect]

21. Hang on, Al -- tides with you -- !!!

[charlie]

22. T-o-r-t-u-r-e....

Al's up 105 votes.

64% reporting

[RoyGBiv]

24. Damn damn damn ...

DAMN!

[Canuckistanian]

23. Ooooo, that's close

C'mon Al!

[KatyaR]

26. Come on, Al, come ON!!!!

Now tied at 41.9 with 64.7% reporting.

[charlie]

27. Coleman up 12K

72%

*wobble*

[charlie]

28. Coleman up 15K

75%

*glurg*
*wipe*
*blink*

[charlie]

29. Coleman up 19K

78%

[RoyGBiv]

31. We're gonna need a bigger bottle ...

*glurg* *glurg*

Not gonna let it get me down, but damn. I thought we had that one.

This third party guy ... He wasn't on my radar. He's tearing it up. I wonder where he's pulling from.

[charlie]

33. Y'know, it ain't Al I'm pulling for as much as it is Norm I'm against

He offends the daylights out of me, the way he greased his way into Wellstone's seat after the Repubs harrumphed about Wellstone's memorial not being run the way they liked.

You've heard of the concept of the Uncanny Valley in computer graphics, where subtle flaws in hyper-realistically rendered people are deeply unsettling, creepy even? Norm is the man from the Uncanny Valley. I swear, I can sometimes hear the wind whistling through his suit.

[charlie]

35. Coleman up shy of 6K

81% reporting.

[RoyGBiv]

39. Same here ...

I honestly thought Franken was pulling a joke of some sort at first, and when I realized he was serious, I just wrote it off.

But then I figured out he had a chance at this.

Coleman is an offensive boob, and yes, that is an apt comparison. He freaks me out more than a little.

[charlie]

30. Norm up 19K

79% reporting.

[brentspeak]

32. I think that Barkley is hurting Franken more than he is Coleman

[OmahaBlueDog]

34. Franken's still not out of this, but it needs to start turning

[marmar]

36. Hopefully, the bluest parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul have yet to be counted.....

n/t

[charlie]

37. Coleman up shy of 6K

81% reporting.

[charlie]

38. Coleman up a little over 6K

82% reporting.

[RoyGBiv]

40. This is just weird ...

It changes by thousands from one minute to the next.

[charlie]

43. Could be they're really efficient this year?

Splatting every granular bit from every podunk village as they come in, instead of accruing aggregates? I dunno. These percent by percent updates are maddening.

[charlie]

41. Coleman up 9K

83% reporting.

[RoyGBiv]

42. I've found my silver lining ...

If Franken ends up losing, there will be *no* pressure to kiss Lieberman's ass.

It may be worth the tradeoff. If the only way we get to 60 is with him, I'd rather be at 57-8 we're looking at now.

[charlie]

45. Right, right, RIGHT

I agree totally. Totally.

However, Smokin' Joe may have already sealed that deal for himself -- he went on record with his fears about the "end of America" should the Democrats win today. I'm not kidding. Even if he was the lynchpin, Senator Number 60, he won't help in a filibuster. So, it's time to move his desk to a broom closet, give him a mop, and wish him luck finding busywork for the next 4 years.

[RoyGBiv]

48. Yeah, YOU know that ...

... and I know that ...

But there are those Dems who have chairs in that chamber who'll actually vote Dem who nonetheless for some idiotic reason still think this joke is redeemable and would try to pressure to keep him on just for the ratings game. These aren't the most logical people in the world sometimes.

The Republican caucus can have him, if they'll have him. I don't care where he goes really as long as it isn't anywhere near an actual issue.

Obama should give him an ambassadorship ... to somewhere like Burma.

[charlie]

52. Lol, that's true

They haven't exactly been profiles in steely-eyed resolve since winning a historic re-alignment in the House. Better to send him away quick, before they bumblefuck themselves again.

[charlie]

44. Coleman up 10K

84% reporting.

[charlie]

46. Coleman up 7K

85% reporting.

[charlie]

47. Coleman up 9K

86% reporting.

[charlie]

49. Coleman up 10K

87%

[RoyGBiv]

50. St. Louis County ...

It appears to be a low reporter currently ... about 20% reporting.

Heavy Dem area and, I think, Franken's strongest area.

You know of any specifics on that?

[charlie]

54. Uh-uh

Is it metro or rural? I'm guessing we're going through the rurals right now, which is helping Norm.

It's a Dem region? Man, I hope there's enough blue left somewhere that Al can draw on.

[RoyGBiv]

59. Heavy Dem ...

65% for Obama at the moment, but still stuck at 18% reporting.

They cast 118K votes in 2004. Only showing 33K recorded right now.

Can't find a county-by-county breakdown of the Senate race.

[charlie]

63. Zounds

Untapped blue... potentially a lot of blue... dare I hope?

[charlie]

69. Oh, fer cryin' out loud

They just updated by a freaking point three percent, Coleman just fell by under a thousand. Are they going asymptotic now? Am I going to be watching that page the rest of the week?

frayed *n*e*r*v*e*s*

[Athletic Grrl]

51. 42/42

81% in, Coleman up by about 7500 votes.

Demand a recount, Al!

[charlie]

53. Coleman up 15K

88% reporting.

[mymessageboardid]

56. Trust me - Franken will win by 5000-8000 votes

Mark my words!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

[charlie]

57. You mean I'm frazzling myself for nothing?!

Thanks, friend. I hope you're right.

And welcome aboard!

[mymessageboardid]

65. Yes

Only 51% of St. Louis County has reported and only 77% of Hennepin has reported. Franken WILL win by 5000-8000 votes. Is there a take a bow icon on here when that happens?:bounce: :bounce:

[Josh]

67. I'll buy you a beer if you're right!

Assuming you're in the Central Los Angeles area. Heehee.

Can Franken hurry up and prove you right? I'm getting sick over here!

Anyone know what margin is needed for a recount? I think either of them might ask for one...

[charlie]

71. Dang

Names and numbers. Okay, I'm declenching a bit. Much thanks to you.

[RoyGBiv]

61. Your lips ...

Registrars ears ... and all that. :)

Welcome to DU!!! :hi:

[charlie]

55. Coleman up 16K

89% reporting.

Coming into the home stretch...

[bullwinkle428]

58. ZOMG...the gap is down to 1000!!

[charlie]

60. Coleman up 17K

90% reporting.

[OmahaBlueDog]

64. I'm seeing Franken down less than 500 votes on CNN with 89%

..and they've pretty much been in real time all night. Where did you see your figure?

[charlie]

70. Minnesota SOS

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

I don't know about televised CNN, but I've got CNN's election page open too and the SOS page has stayed consistently fresher.

[RoyGBiv]

66. Well ...

Numbers are all over the place.

This is one of the weirder ones of the night.

There's gonna be a recount regardless. Think I'm calling it for ... sleep. Yeah, sleep.

We got a new President. And he knows how to pronounce words ... and *use them* correctly.

Just awesome.

And my daughter called me when it was called for Obama ... squealing. It was her first vote. I'm so glad it was a positive experience for her. My first was for Dukakis. Jaded me a bit.

[charlie]

72. Congratulations, Pop!

It's my son's first Presidential election too. I haven't heard from him yet, wish I could high-five him right now.

G'Nite Roy. Helluva day.

[OmahaBlueDog]

62. FRANKEN.AIN'T. DONE. YET

12:51 Central

Down 1000 votes -- and look what has left to be counted on the CNN map

:bounce:

[Blue For You]

68. Go AL!

[charlie]

73. Coleman up 13K

91% reporting.

[seemslikeadream]

74. 136 votes down now

[charlie]

75. Coleman up a little under 15K

92% reporting.

[mymessageboardid]

76. TRUSST ME!!

Hennepin, St. Louis and Carlton county will bring it home.....5000-8000 vote win by Franken. Don't panic!!!:woohoo:

[charlie]

77. Lol!

Trust me, I no longer have the heebie jeebies. Only the jeebies. It's the best I can do :)

I hear ya, mymessageboardid, and it helps.

Smoke break, outta here for a minute.

[Josh]

78. It's closed to 2.5k Coleman lead on the SoS website, too!

Come on Al!

[charlie]

79. Coleman up a shade over 11K

93%

Tightening.

[Josh]

80. You're right; I read it wrong. Aww crap.

Messageboard wanna reassure us again? It's getting awfully close to 100% out there...

[mymessageboardid]

86. OK

9.5% of Hennepin County still outstanding....Franken will make up 10K there
40% of St. Louis County still outstanding....Franken will make up 4.5K there

Trust me. The Coleman camp already knows they lost.

[mymessageboardid]

81. Of course

It's tightening...Franken will win by 5000-8000

:toast:

[Josh]

82. Dude you're keeping me sane right now!

Of course is Franken loses I will have to kill you. I'm sure you understand. :)

[charlie]

88. Lol!

Let's all have a drink and unwind. A water bucket full of scotch ought to do it :)

[Josh]

91. Reaching for the Shivas as we speak

.

[mymessageboardid]

90. Take a deep breath

It is in the bag.....Coleman knows it, Franken knows it, I know it. Franken by 5000-8000 votes.

[LoveIsNow]

83. Coleman up 193 votes

CNN

[LoveIsNow]

84. Now only 78

[charlie]

85. 11K again

94%

What's the margin for a recount? Does Coleman get one if (when) Franken goes over by 5-8000?

[Josh]

87. What the hell is with the CNN/SoS discrepancies?

It's driving me nuts!

[MiniMe]

89. What precincts have reported. CNN seems to be a bit ahead of the SOS site

[Josh]

92. SoS site doesn't say...

nt

[charlie]

93. Every election is weird

The numbers from different sources are always different. And sometimes the news services are way ahead of the official state sites, which is really disconcerting. Whose numbers do you trust then?

[Josh]

94. Well I was operating under the assumption

that the SoS site would be ahead of CNN. But if they're not then perhaps things will be great afterall. And if they are, we all owe MessageBoard a big drink.

Speaking of which, mmmm scotch. I like scotch. Scotch scotch scotch.

[charlie]

96. CNN is behind on this one

Minnesota SOS is posting updates with a regularity that I don't often see. Most states don't run their sites worth spit.

[charlie]

95. Ack

They're doing fractional updating again, 3 sub-percent updates in a row. Still at a 11-12K spread.

[charlie]

97. Fractional again

Holding again.

[mymessageboardid]

98. Still around?

I already called this race for Franken by 5000-8000 :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[charlie]

100. It's just an urge to completion now

Like playing Super Mario all the way to the end for the 1000th time. If they keep up with the 10th of a point updates though, I'm gonna bail. It'll be tomorrow before they're done.

[mymessageboardid]

102. Don't leave

I'll be doing this with the Smith/Merkley race also :rofl: :rofl:

[charlie]

104. What?

Talk me down from exploding into confetti in another race? Not again, uh-uh. I'm chilling soon one way or another, got breakfast to cook and places to be in a few hours.

Thanks, though :D

[Josh]

106. I'll stay - LeftCoaster with nowhere to be in the morning. :)

Let's pull this thing out!

[Sebastian Doyle]

99. Damn

I can't say I'm the biggest Al Franken fan. Liked his work on SNL, and his book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot". Thought his radio show on Air America was way too DLC oriented and frankly boring for morning programming.

But Norm Coleman is a carpetbagging piece of shit who capitalized on the death (most likely murder) of a true liberal hero named Paul Wellstone, and that son of a bitch needs to disappear now. And if Al can go home and claim Minnesota - even though he's nowhere as liberal as Paul - then so be it!

Come on, Stuart Smalley... You're good enough, you're smart enough, and everybody likes you more than Coleman!

[charlie]

101. My sentiments, too

Al's alright. I hate that fucker Coleman.

[Josh]

103. Franken up per CNN; still down 11,000 per SoS

.

[mymessageboardid]

105. On mymessageboardid

Franken wins by 5000-8000.....all that matters :bounce: :bounce:

[mymessageboardid]

107. All precincts should be done reporting in the next

30 minutes. Hello Senator Franken.

[charlie]

108. I'm using this at CNN

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

Which is showing slightly older numbers AND a mere 1000 or so spread between them. There hasn't been a 1000 pt spread in a good while on the SOS site. So where are CNN's numbers coming from? It's what I was talking about earlier.

[charlie]

109. Micro update after micro update

I swear, they're going asymptotic. Reeeeally annoying. Finish it, fer chrissakes.

[mymessageboardid]

110. LOL

It will be worth the wait.

[Josh]

111. Franken up only 300 on CNN; down 13,000 at SoS

Are they getting their vote totals from different places? Muchos confusion here. And scotch.

[mymessageboardid]

112. Calm down

Franken by 5000-8000 when all is counted.

[Josh]

113. I wonder how many provisional ballots were cast

I think we're headed for a recount no matter what. 1/2 of one percent I think triggers an automatic recount.

Though I note with dread that Coleman just jumped ahead by 1500 on CNN's projection, too.

I know, I know... calm down. :)

[charlie]

114. Now CNN has fresher numbers

Larger numbers, anyway. And Al's ahead by 2000. SOS has him 7000 behind. BOTH reporting 98% counted (97.99% on the SOS site). Who's got the right numbers? The usual weirdness...

[charlie]

115. More discrepancies

CNN still has Al ahead, marginally this time. SOS has him behind by about 6000.

It's nice someone has him consistently ahead, but who's right?