Coleman loses his attempt to block 32 more votes.

[Gregorian]

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D94B01G80

Yay. Hehe. It's not funny. But considering what we just went through over the last eight years, it's...what's that word...shadenfreud?


Sen. Norm Coleman failed Saturday in an attempt to block 32 absentee ballots from Hennepin County from being counted in his close race with Democrat Al Franken.

Coleman's campaign asked Ramsey County Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin to issue a temporary restraining order regarding the counting of ballots it said had not been counted on Election Day or been kept in sealed ballot boxes. Gearin said Saturday she denied the request for lack of jurisdiction.

The Republican senator's campaign issued a statement saying it made the request amid "increasing questions about unexplained and improbable shifts in vote counts."

Franken's campaign spokesman Andy Barr called it "a Saturday sneak attack" spurred by concern Franken was gaining ground.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Coleman must be wearing Depends at this point....hahahahahah

[amdezurik]

2. yeah, he must be scared shitless

figured he had it stolen fair and square :)

[book_worm]

3. Norm is getting pretty nervous, he must be sensing what will happen if all the votes are counted or

recounted.

[backscatter712]

4. What's the current count at?

Last time I looked, Franken was only behind by a couple hundred votes.

[Eric J in MN]

6. Franken trails by just 221 votes. NT

NT

[mascarax]

7. Al's down by 221 (n/t)

[Eric J in MN]

5. An election official keeping absentee ballots in her car...

...doesn't inspire confidence.

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The request from Coleman's campaign said Minneapolis elections director Cynthia Reichert called its office at 7:45 p.m. Friday and reported that 32 ballots had been found and would be counted the next morning.

"We were actually told they had been riding around in her car for several days, which raised all kinds of integrity questions," said Coleman's attorney, Fritz Knaak.

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[droidamus2]

8. Improbable shifts

What improbable shifts like they really counted the votes and he might lose? Norm baby the idea is that you count all the votes and that means 'ALL THE VOTES' and then if its real real close you count them all again. Yeah Normy and then who ever gets the most votes wins. Its not who can win in court or the media or anywhere else but the damn count.

[niyad]

9. ahh, is he worried that paul wellstone's spirit might invade the counting process?

most of us remember that he only won after paul wellstone's plane crashed.

[ORDagnabbit]

11. crashed. the term murdered is used by some.

[ladywnch]

10. I thought I read yesterday that Franken was down by around 130 votes now. n/t

[earthlover]

12. link to results...

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

[OmahaBlueDog]

13. Military votes?

Have they been counted? IIRC, they're supposed to count anything that was postmarked by election day from soldiers overseas.