by Deb Cupples | The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:
"With all but a small handful of precincts reporting in, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and DFL challenger Al Franken remain in a virtual tie and the contest appears headed for a certain recount."
I'm pleasantly surprised that Franken and Coleman are each at 42% and still duking it out. At one point last night, ABC News' count had Coleman in the 40s and Franken in the 20s, which inspired me to prematurely write off Al Franken.
The closeness of the Franken-Coleman race does not surprise me. Last night, many American voters roared their desire to clean house in Congress, as evinced by the defeat of Republican incumbents such as Libby Dole (NC), Chris Shays (CN), and Ric Keller (FL).
Of course, I have no explanation as to why Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) seems to be winning his election with 99% of Alaska's precincts having been counted, given Stevens' recent conviction on seven corruption-related felony counts.
Then again, Alaskan voters did elect Sarach Palin as governor a few years ago. Perhaps those post-conviction ads that Sen. Stevens ran the day before the election did the trick.
Back to Minnesota: having read his books (e.g., Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) and having found that he makes good sense, I'm pulling for Al Franken!
Memeorandum has commentary.
Other Buck Naked Politics Posts:
* ABC Discourages Western Voters from Turning out to Vote
I hear that there are a suspiciously large number of undervotes in the race.
Posted by: Charles | November 06, 2008 at 12:50 AM