Love this part of the article, "… a talk show host on Air America, the progressive radio network. " Progressive? Let's try the words "Whacked-out Liberal"! Regardless, what in the world is happening to Minnesota?

Surprising: the whole world remember the stealing votes by the Replucans in 2000. And in 2004 something similar happened.
The price has been high. The world became worse. Rep. like wars and shoot where possible a.s.a.p.!!! The world became less safer.
Common sense, please?

I thought Democrats were the "sensitive" and "open-minded" party. All I see is name-calling and hatefulness, the same things you jumped all over McCain for. Anyway, no one is trying to steal an election. It's just a recount, and Coleman will probably prevail. But I am seriously sick of people who get on these posts, and do nothing but spout hate. I vote Republican, and surprisingly, I am not a "hillbilly", redneck, uneducated, religiously fanatical moron. I hold nothing against Obama, I just liked McCain's policies better. There is nothing wrong with that. That is my privilege as an American. And I know that not all Democrats are tree-hugging, America-hating hippies. One of the things that makes America so great is that we can have differing beliefs and not have any repercussions for it. Alot of people seem to have forgotten that. Anyway, I'll probably get attacked left and right for those comments.

Enough of Normie, And that witch Michelle Bachmann .

This circus just may well take up enough time and resource that they
will be able to declare a winner in time for the 2012 senate battles.

ANYONE WHO AGREES WITH AL FRANKEN IDIOT OR OSAMA OBAMA ARE SOCIALIST COMMUNIST AND WILL FIND OUT JUST HOW HARD THE CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS ARE WILLING TO FIGHT ….WORDS ARE JUST THE START

you want someone like Al Franken in the senate? the guy is a joke. and you know the Democrats are stealing the election once again. and please, Dems, get OVER Florida, you know you lost!!

Next indictment – Al Franken for tax evasion. Should not have been eligible ro run for office.

This race has turned into a frothy mixture of Santorum!

Go Al. President Obama needs your support too. We've got to clean as much of the stench of the Republican Party out as possible. The more Democrats, the less foot dragging the Republicans can get away with. Of course, if their foot dragging succeeds they will then say that President Obama is ineffectual, instread of saying we're blocking his programs.

If Franken wins it'll be another great blow to Big Brother!

Big Brother MUST die. We deserve our God Given Rights!!!

Thank you, Kevin. That was the most intelligent thing I have about this fiasco since it started

Get a grip, this ISN'T representative of DEMOCRACY.

This is THUGOCRACY at it's blatant best.

WORSE STILL, this process of fraud remains largely UNCHALLENGED by the LESS than OBJECTIVE MEDIA.

I actually want Franken to win; then you liberals can have the whole enchilada. If things go wrong which I am very sure they will, then you liberal clowns will own the whole complete catastrophy. No more blaming the conservatives then. We will have our crack at you clowns again as history has shown.

There is one contest Norm Coleman can win hands down….

It's the "Matt Damon in 25 Years Look-Alike Contest"

Tell him what he's won, Johnny!

Obama supporters in this thread could take a page from his campaign playbook. When being unfairly attacked, he seemed even more focused and motivated to stay the course (props to GHWB) and fight the good fight. We should be doing he same — not dropping the gloves and engaging with those of a different opinion, but focusing on the matter at hand: supporting effective change any way we can.

There will always be contrary thinkers — it is their right. It takes a person with the courage of their convictions to not respond by reducing the dialogue to a hateful level. If we learned anything from this election, it is that when you need to resort to personal criticism, you are probably desparate…and losing.

The Democrats are not cheating. It is impossible for me to understand how the Republicans think. When the Floridians cheated in the previous election, everything was superb. They should know that following that fiasco the Democrats would be alerted to what might be going on. Al Franken is within 215 votes of Norm Coleman. He needs to check. The Republicans are known to CHEAT. Many times I have checked a news broadcast, and have asked others to give their spill on it. When the Republicans gave their spill, I wonder what did they actually hear.

Coleman looks like a manequin with those dentures in his mouth!

Did i hear Coleman is being investigated for corruption? Anyone who has more information on this please share it with us. All i know Coleman loves the Stevens felon from Alaska, and Coleman loved to fish in Alaska sounds fishy to me

I hope Al wins because America will win. I'm sick of the Republicans. All they think about is themselves, and they're pretty selfish. The only reason they're thinking about CHANGE (hello) is because of Barack and the rest of the country. If they had it their way, they'd keep us in the dark with antiquated Reagan views, while waisting our money. The country has changed, but they haven't.

The Dems will want another recount if Franken doesn't get it this time. And, following the example of Gore in Florida, they will only want the recount in Dem-leaning counties. Honestly, what kind of Demwit would vote for an idiot like Franken?

You are good enough, you are smart enough. And Doggonnit people voted for you.
PS. Riddle: What does the Republican party have in common with our comments?

A= They are both awaiting moderation.
Good luck to the GOP my comments will be moderated before they will.

Hey Kevin from KC – guess what – your statement is utterly wrong. ask Al Gore about the FL 2000 presidential elections.

It's amazing how the repubs are crying "foul" even before the legally-required recount is complete. Seems to me that all past questions on vote recounts and suppression have always been aimed at dems (FL 2000; OH 2004). So, Gary, take your "dems are cheating" and shove it up your ballot!

Count every vote! Only unpatriotic anti-americans want to call it "good enough"

Neither should concede until it's all done.

Actually, Kevin from KC, uneducated voters vote Republican…

The RepubliKKKan Party is on the way out. You racist, hate-mongering RepubliKlansmen get used to being a sad page in the history books.

If Franken doesn't win with this recount, the Democrats will just keep recounting until he does. Just like in Washington state 4 years ago in the governor's race.

And they will keep counting until Franken wins it, just like they did in Washington state 2 years ago. The republican there won the 1st 3 vote recounts and then lost on the 4th and the democrat was declared the victor. Talk about stealing an election.

CNN—How could Franken make gains ,if they just started the recount?

To all my Conservative compadres. Do not fret. After Clinton's third term is up and the country has gotten worse than it is now, we will be back in the White House.

Hannity/Palin 2012!

I don't see how anyone can claim the Dems are cheating, this is a legel thing under MN law. Also, all of you who claim it's stupid to elect an entertainer, I point out that President Reagen was an actor…was that a stupid move? Or does it only count as stupid when the actor is a Democrat?

here are two losers, there is no winner.

Al IS good enough, smart enough, and doggonit we the people like him!

I'm cheering for Al! He wrote "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them." He's the REAL straight talk express.

Al Franken is my hero.

Ian-Minneapolis: What do you mean, Coleman "won at first"?? He did not. The first vote was certified, and the margin was small enough to prompt an automatic recall. No one has won yet–we won't know that until the recount is completed.

Franken is a joke and there are some pretty shady voting going on in that state if Franken has gotten this far.

ON THE FALL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY:

DEATH TO THE AMERICAN TALIBAN!! WE don't need morality police in this country, we don't need a bunch of hypocrytes saying one thing and doing another. I've seen people being beaten on the streets of Iran and Afghanastan because someone didn't like what you were doing something so simple as holding your boyfriends hand, this country will never go down that road.

Whlie we are at it its time to drop this insane practice of letting cult institutions like christians and mormons going TAX EXEMPT since they invovle themselves in politics and campaigning then its done.

Franken will win. The Republican Party is finished. They either need to get rid of the religious nutjobs with their hypocritical "Christian" values and throw out all the entire old white men leadership. They to get a grip on the "real" America and it has absolutely nothing to do with their current credo. They are clueless, out-of-touch, and Americans have rejected them completely yet they continue to spread hatred and defend the corruptness they are so famous for.

They are the Party of values???? They are deluded.

Yes Kevin from KC, because we all know had the situation been reversed the democrats would be screaming bloody murder and demanding investigations.

That is, after they got done burning buildings and smashing cars.

Gosh, they just keep finding new votes at every turn!! I can't imagine why!!!

The democrats are truly the lowest form of life on earth. The ends justify the means to them.

God help us all.

Minnesota often has three candidates so to have a runoff makes no sense. However, voting for your second choice may make sense. Minnesota law makes the recount mandatory anyway. There is history here. Coleman stole the last election when his opponent, the very popular Paul Wellstone was killed right before election day.

No hearts will be broken if Coleman loses. His own neighborhood is full of Franken signs.

Franken, by the way, is not just a comedian, he and his wife are Harvard grads, very interested in politics and very smart. He will be a great senator.

Minnesotan for Franken

Franken would make a good senator. He's not only an entertainer – he's the author of insightful, best-selling books about political topics. He communicates his views in an understandable, readable manner.

Kevin from KC: Interesting theory. Do you have a source?

I hope Frankin wins. The repugs have their Arnold, God Bless there silly little souls. We need an Al Frankin in our party. The guy might surprise you. At least he will put a little humor into the terrible state of the world. Remember, this is the guy who penned the masterpiece, "Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot." He can't be all that bad.

60!

Republicans just hate it when all the votes are counted.

One, two, three, four…is that a 5 or an 8? Oh shoot, I have to start over…Let's be done with this already

Regan was a comedian remember? sour loser!

The Dems need to get to at least 60 for now and 65 senators later, and then to stabilise at around 70 senators in subsequent elections. The repubs should have about lest than 1/3 of the senate seats in the chamber for about 2 decades; time enough to adjust thier policies.

go al.

Are you friggin kidding me? Al Franken – what a joke.

ACORN,,,,,,,,,,VOTER,,,,,,,,,,,FRAUD

Once again the GOPers display their ignorance and attempt to distort the facts. The only news and opinion they get comes from El Rushbo, Hannity, O'Reily.

The State law of Minnesota requires the vote be recounted, due to the closeness of the election. Coleman declaring victory is an affront to the laws of his own state.

Get a grip you right wingnuts.

Go AL!!!!

@ GARY……… And what would you call "Florida 2000″ ……. the Democrats have never been jailed for voter fraud! But……… look up Allen Raymond, a former-GOP-operative who wrote the book "HOW TO RIG AN ELECTION" ……..THEN …….talk about cheating!

I live in Minnesota and Coleman has been a very ineffective senator, he doesn't deserve to be re-elected. I hope Franken gets a chance and if he blows it he will be elected out. Coleman went astray by paying more attention to his own political aspirations (Bush Lapdogging and chasing Kofi Anon). He should have been focused on the state he was elected to serve.

The recount is legaly mandated! Stop whinning!

dejah thoris- where do you think the right wing learned to piss and moan? from the left. they both do it so well.
get real everyone. you are being duped by the two party scam.

Go Franken! I hope he wins this recount. There are large numbers of 'rejected' ballots that were not counted in the biggest democrat counties since the machines could not read them. What's up with republicans always trying to go to court to throw out ballots?

Of course, the fix is in.

In the period of time when Coleman's lead dropped from about 600 votes to just over 200 votes, despite 100% of the votes having been counted, there were 3 times as many error/changes reported in favor of Franken than for any other candidate in MN. This is also the closest race. Can anyone spell F-R-A-U-D ???

Coleman has not won the election. There is no certifiable winner. While the results from the Nov. 4 election were certified and show Coleman with a slight lead, his lead was not big enough to prevent an automatic recount BY LAW. The candidate in the lead after the recount is certified will be the winner.

BTW, I just love "Law and Order" Republicans who only care about law and order when it applies to somebody else.

Let the votes be counted carefully and in accordance with Minnesota law. Let the process by supervised by neutral or partisan-balanced observers. Then let the loser and his supporters shut the heck up.

On with the business of the country!!!!

What an impressive bunch of sore-loser right-wing commenters in here. The recount is legally mandated, so all your pissy whining about people stealing a vote is misguided. NO wonder the GOP is losing face among Americans — all you can do is piss and moan.

Some people on here are just plain ignorant. Recounts ALWAYS favor Democrats, because undervotes (marking the ballot wrong) typically come from demographics that vote Democratic, such as first time voters and lower educated voters.

There is no mischief going on here, they're simply following Minnesota STATE LAW to determine the intent of voters who "undervoted."

All you conspiracy nuts need to take a chill pill.

Go, Al!

Pete, actually, I am a "recovering" republican that was stupid enough to vote for Bush in 2000, personally I was for McCain in 2000. I didn't vote in 2004 due to health, and am now a proud Obamacan. The earlier the Republicans learn that there are many of us out there that are sick of the neocons and the religious right wing, the better chance they have of winning us back. McCain made the mistake of going to the right and that is why he didn't get my vote. I made that decision before ever hearing of Palin, but she was just more proof of why the Republicans are in so much trouble.

I voted libertarian!

Gee, this could go on until 2012.

Let us all hope that the recount is accurate and that the true winner is also the declared winner. Let us all hope also that the Democrat is the true winner. America can no longer afford the destructive political force called Conservatism. Conservatives of days gone by were against the abolition of slavery, the vote for women, the vote for minorities, equal rights for women, equal rights for minorities, the 40 hour week, the 8 hour day, medical benefits for poor children, affordable day care, equal pay for women (got that, Ladies?), medicare, medicaid, social security, regulation of corporations (self-regulation is best they said), regulation of the credit industry (ditto), inspection of imported food, and purchasing cheap prescription drugs from Canada (where they regulate). Not a record to be proud of.

What's happening in Minnesota and in Georgia should be enough to demonstrate that every state needs to adopt Georgia's policy: If no one gets to 50% of the vote, do a run-off election with just the top two finishers. So much easier than this mess that's going on up in MN, where no matter who ends up winning, the other side will spend the next six years yelling "fraud!"

mike cairo—–like the idiot entertainer ronny (senile )reagan

Coleman won at first…if it's anyone stealing the election….it would be franken. Now I'm more of a moderate liberal…but I believe that America is about check and balance. We can't have an all democratic government. We saw what happened when it was all republican. We need it fair and balanced. Washington was right, Political Parties is DESTROYING this country.

All of you that keep calling the GOP crooks, you are in for disappointment. Democrats are crooks as well, they are POLITICIANS. They are all crooks.

Pete, re: Florida – Where do you get your history? Talk about denial…

politics is a joke, so we should elect a comedian..
Go Al!!

Maybe that'll teach congress to mess with the public with bailouts and whimsical spending of our tax money. Now if Al wins we can at least explain that it was all really a joke on us….

politics is a joke, so we should elect a comedian..
Go Al!!

Maybe that'll teach congress to mess with the public with bailouts and whimsical spending of our tax money. Now if Al wins we can at least explain that it was all really a joke on us…

Franken is waisting his time. He will not win even if the votes are tallied 50 times. He should better start looking for vacancy at Saturday Night Live.

"Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."

Good to see such a tight race between two jokers…
Neither can claim a mandate given that 15% voted for the independent candidate Barkley.
And it's funny to hear either side saying the other is stealing votes…they are both using the same tactics against each other!

Another joke from the state who brought you Gov. Ventura. Someday, maybe, the folks out there will wake up and realize they're making fools of themselves when they elect an "entertainer."

Fight all you want Al Franken is going to win…That's just the way it is.
Nothing Coleman can do about it.

It's the democrat way….lie, cheat and steal until you win.

Go Franken! Same results as in Alaska!!

Christine….

LMAO…..

thanks

Go Franken! Do not let them steal any more elections.

Anna,

If in fact it is true that the counters have to seek the intent of the voters, then it looks like your boy will win. For only democrats can't figure out how to fill out a ballot.

And by the way, the ones who were trying to steal the election in Florida were the democrats. The Republicans won the original vote and every single recount done by the liberal media after the fact. The democrats only wanted recounts in the areas where they did well, and luckily the Supreme Court prevented them from doing so. When that recount fiasco was going on it was a circus. With democrats holding the ballots up to a light to see if they could see any signs of light between the dots connecting the chad to the ballot under Gore's name, and if they did, they interpreted that as an intent to vote for Gore.

Change we can all believe in!

Wow – this has got to be the closest Senate contest in history.

CNN, Air America is not known as a progressive radio network, it's known as a liberal radio network. Big difference.

will those claiming the dems are stealing this election, please explain in detail, how that is so? It's not surprising that a visual hand recount of these ballots are changing the results. Machines did not read all the ballots. Some people did not completely fill in their scan-tron sheets. But since the law requires a recount, and that the intention of the voter counts, these votes which could not be read by the machines, but who's intention can readily be ascertained by a visual inspection thereof, are properly being counted. So, again, please explain in full, articulate detail, how the dems are stealing this one? Otherwise, pick up all your toys, and go home!

I know vote fraud did not come out somebody mouth. 2000 and 2004 was major vote fraud on the conservative part!!

Put them in a sawdust pit. The man who walks out is the Senator from Minnesota.

Franken will win this thing ultimately. He is the right person to take over for the late Paul Wellstone. Coleman only won because Wellstone was killed in a plane crash.

Why when a Dem asks for a recount but when a Repu asks for a recount it is justice???

If there is someone who thinks that every vote doesn't make a difference remember 2008.

Count all votes all the time.

It would be nice if the CNN filter could be used in Congress for the next four years. Just add to each piece of legislation submitted by Pelosi and her left leaning ilk, Your amendments and legislation are awaiting moderation.

That could save all of us!

Dorothy: Votes can change when they are hand counted because the scanner most probably missed some votes. They can be missed because the pencil marks were to pale or the circle not completely filled in. If the counters can see clearly what the voter's intentions were, then they will be added to the count.

it's as simple as that….. nothing sinister at all.

And Steve… about voter fraud, I think the republicans still wears the crown regarding that puppy.

It is very possible that Chambliss is going to lose the run off, making Martin 59.

I can't wait till Franken is 60

It seems there are several severely confused Republicans visiting this blog. It was the REPUBLICANS who mastered stealing elections. Remember? The REPUBLICANS.

You might be upset if Franken wins. You might say he's a joke. But the guy is a serious contender.

Given the way you apparently feel about him (Republicans), just keep in mind…it is YOUR PARTY that has screwed things up so badly that Al Franken even had this shot.

Just think about it — your party messed up so badly even a COMEDIAN can give a sitting incumbant senator a real run for his money.

Again — it's the REPUBLICANS that did this to you. YOUR PARTY.

funny how you hear all the repugs talk about the dems cheating when bush would have never had been elected if not for jeb bush cheating for his brother king george. come on republicans you had your chance and you drove this nation into the ground and made us the laughing stalk around the world. we americans have spoken and we dont want bible thumping war mongering republicans anymore.

Spencer/NY to VA November 20th, 2008 10:16 am ET

Let's say it all together……..Fillibuster Proof

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I know it will all come down to GA on Dec.2 if Franken wins here.

Lookin' good.

I love it when all of the Rebublicans are worried about Dems stealing an election. Maybe a little "projection" going on here? Anyway, MN has laws that state they must seek "intention" of the voter, which means that if a voter circle a name, or put an X in a box or circle instead of filling it in, the machine may have kicked it out, but now the hand counters will have to count that vote. No hanging chads here folks, just an honest mistake by some voters, and now their vote will count.

As a displaced Minnesotan, I know my state is crazy, but seriously… is it not suspicious that every time the votes are recounted, it is in Franken's favor?

I like how the GOP sit there and says that the Dems are trying to "steal" this election.

It seems to me that the GOP are challenging more votes than the Dems.

I hope Coleman loses by one vote just to smite you losers.

It's like this…if Franken wins this race, it will be the opening of the Seventh Seal.

Symbolically speaking, that is.

Steve:
What a joke! Steal this? You kidding me? 200 votes separates them out of 2million cast. One errant machine, and Franken could be ahead by 2000. This baby's a tossup. Don't start with your Republican vile – we already have heard enough of it from Palin.

Recount win for Dems, give GOP some of their own 2000 medicine!

Oh this is rich, watching "Steve" talk about voter fraud like it's endemic to the Democratic Party. Reality check on aisle 3…

Honestly, I don't really care who wins this, I just don't want a long, protracted legal hullaballoo.

Way to go ACORN. Bring those ballots in from Chicago!

Oh look! Here are some more votes I found in the truck of my dad's old broken down abandoned car! And lookie there… they all support Al Franken! How convenient!

No voter fraud here. Nothing to see here. Move along. There aren't the droids you're looking for.

It's just a recount to make sure every vote that is cast is counted. That's democracy folks. The other side bar comments by both parties and bloggers is the real circus. Counting every vote with clear intent is not being corrupt or crooked.

All it took for me to dislike Coleman was to see his after election speech. His ego must reach to outer space, even with his statement on how Franken should give up his right to a recount. Does he not know that Franken isn't the one who initiates the recount with it being that close? Do you really want Coleman who doesn't know state law to be your senator again??

how dare the dems cheat by having every vote counted…we should just do the republican thing and get courts to appoint officials

No kidding, Dee! Wrestlers, comics – what's next, Jo Jo the dog-faced boy?

What a perfect solution to congress – put a comedian in there! They all act like one anyway.

The thing is…I still can't understand how there can be so many ignorant, hateful, bigoted, selfish, self-entitled, arrogant and deceitful people supporting the Republican dogma.

Is it me or do these two qualify for a 'separated at birth' comparison?

I agree, Dee. From Wrestlers to Jokers, the otherwise beautiful state of Minnesota really knows how to put Characters on their Ballot!

Hmmm … Those voters who oppose Franken because he is just a washed up SNL comedian are the same crowd who voted for a washed up B-grade Hollywood actor to be our President.

Doggone it Stuart … you're good enough for me. Good luck in Washington.

I just hope Franken does not have his friends counting the votes. Better yet we hope there are no ACORN people there or have the Dems forgotten about them?

You GO Franken!! Maybe the true numbers will come out this time around in the re-count!! We are 2 seats closer to a fillbuster proof Senate!! Even if we only get 1 seat out of these two races. There are 2 independents who are leaning toward Dems and we can get at least 1 or 2 republicans to cross over.

@Steve & Gary

How are the dems cheating? By following Minnesota's law of a mandatory recount? Didn't you notice that Coleman is challenging more votes than Frankin? You're just mad that everyone's wise to the republican voter suppression tactics.

Dems rock the vote, while repubs block the vote.

Steve and Gary both say that this will be a stolen election if Franken wins. If the proverbial shoe were on the other foot, these 2 Faux News, Oxycotin-addict loving lemmings (dittoheads) would be talking out of the other side of their crooked mouths. I would love to see Franken win just so those right wing schills (Levin, w#ore Coulter, OReilly, Shammity) would have to call him Mr Senator

I think people forget that there are crooks on both sides of the aisle. Have you all forgotten about William Jefferson?!?

Go Coleman, we do not need Frankenstein representing us good people here in Minnesota.

The voter fraud in this election here in MN will be exposed.

Let's go Franken!

The Democrats are the party that says "we'll use government to make your lives better". The Republicans are the party that says "government does't work", then they get elected and prove it.

Throw the rascals out!

The people who vote straight ticket whether Democrat or Republican are all a bunch of idiots.

How can you say one party is all good and the other party is all bad?

You have to look at the individual running for office and see what he/she stands for. If not you betray your ignorance.

Partisans will destroy this country. This time it's the Republicans that had all the power and their greed took over. Next time it will be Democrats with all the power and their greed will take over. It's been going back and forth since this country was founded. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. If you don't believe that you are an ignorant fool. It doesn't matter which party it is. They are all human beings and human beings are prone to greed and corruption. We need checks and balances.

Al is cool!

i really don't care for Franken because i watched the debates an all three men sucked…but if the Franken choice makes things easier for my President Elect Obama (man that sounds good) then GO FRANKEN!!

Well, Minnesota people somehow re-elected Michelle Bachman after her snied statement about running background checks on every Dem for terrorism….She's as much a terrorist as anyone else then.

My brother Joel lives in Minnesota and he thinks Coleman is an empty suit. That is good enough for me.

Anytime there is a recount it is always the Democrats who magically uncover votes. It is pathetic. They are so fraudulent

I hope Frankin wins. The fact that Coleman has used evrything to suppress votes is very telling. Doesn't Michelle Bachman hail from Minnesota? How did she every win re-election is beyond me.

How long will it take for the governors or the Federal Government to agree to an effective voting system for this Country. The goal is to ensure every vote counts and to make it easier for evey voter to vote.

Develop a universal ballot format and a standardized method of counting them. We certainly have had enough experience on what does not work.

Get rid of the obselete voting on Tuesday. Declare a Federal Holiday on a Monday in November and have the polls open for 24 hours.

Standardize an early voting system for all states and establish a fair voter registration system.

Stop whining.

This is the democratic system. Itmay not be pretty, but it still works better than anything else.

No one is cheating or stealing anything. Minnesota is counting all the votes that were cast for each candidate, adding them up, and the guy with the most will go to Washington.

Find any more ballots for Franken in people's cars that need to be counted? The election is a joke.

OK, Repubs, be honest.

If Franken had the 215 vote lead you'd be insisting on the recount. You're crying "fraud" but this IS the process. If your guy wins in the end, it's his fair and square. If Franken wins, it's his – also fair and square.

Quit weenie-whining already.

And the Dems say that republicans steal elections. I sure hope that Minnesota (and the US) doesn't end up with a Senator whose only qualification is that he's unfunny.

Go Franken. Coleman needs to go away like so many in his party past and present. They are not what this country needs.

anybody that can write a book that "disses" Rush Limbaugh is alright with me!

Go Al. It will be refreshing to have an intentionally humorous democratic senator from Minnesota instead of the usual ignorant irony provided by the repiglican alternative.

Yea. The democrats are the ones known for voter fraud. Right. If fraud is going to occur, it's not going to be Franken's camp that's to blame. Coleman already has some ethics violation charges against him. It's okay conservatives. I understand that McCain's loss was tragic in your eyes. You must be feeling down and angry and bitter. Still, COME ON!

Quit complaining about one side stealing this election. Look how close it is. The outcome is almost irrelevant because the other side is going to claim voter fraud whether it is the Republican or the Democrat.

Although I do find it amusing that people are saying the Democrats are cheating even though a recount is mandated by Minnesota law.

"According to the Secretary of State's office, 15.49 percent of the more than 2.9 million votes cast in the election were recounted yesterday. It appears Franken made a dent of 43 votes into Coleman's lead of 215, "

If that trend holds true, Franken will end up winning by about 65 votes.
In any election that close, the losing side is never going to be happy. Unfortunately, this will probably be a very bitter, drawn-out election.

Franken isn't the best candidate the Dems have ever run, to put it mildly, but I'll take him over Coleman any day.

If Jim Martin can pull off the upset of the century in his runoff over Saxby Chambliss, the Dems could actually get 60 seats. What was once a best-case scenario is getting closer to reality every day.

If democrats demand that all the votes be counted accurately, republicans call it "cheating." Figures.

I just hope that if Coleman does win, he keeps up his chameleon-like tendencies. Basically, whoever is in power is his master, so if that stays true, he could actually become a decent senator, as opposed to the last six years in which he was little more than a Bush lapdog, long on promises and short on results. Franken might not be the best candidate, but he's certainly a better option than Coleman.

Can you say voter fraud? The Dems will find a way to steal this!

If Franken wins, I will announce my candidacy. If he can be a senator, anyone can. I never thought he was very funny in his gig as a 'comedian', his AirAmerica show was a flop. All I've ever heard from his mouth is cynical and sarcastic criticism of the policies of the day.

He makes Keith Olbermann look like an optimist.

What distinct qualification (other than complainer in chief) does he have for this post?

Lame.

Let's go, Franken!

If Franken is elected then the people of Minnesota absolutely deserve him and all of the disservice he will give them. When has this guy ever shown any depth an an issue? His gasbaggery is only rivalled by Joe Biden's so he is in good company.

PRAYING FOR YOU, AL!!

Go Franken!!! Kick that weasel out of Washington.

Minnesota is a circus. Period.

New Yorker November 20th, 2008 10:22 am ET
Al Franken will win due to voter fraud and the joke's on us. What a circus!
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Criminal Electoral Fraud is a Republican Tactic.

If Franken wins.. then the MN people get what they deserve.

What an idiot.

Why do people in the entertainment industry think they know better than the rest of us and need to go into politics?

Al Franken becoming a US Senator is about as ridiculous as Rush Limbaugh becoming a US Senator. They both get on the radio and spew their hate for the other side. This makes me sick. We need to come together in this country as Americans.

Obama is going to be the President for change. He doesn't need hate mongers like Franken on his side.

Go home, Al Franken. You were funny when you wrote/performed on SNL. You aren't funny anymore.

Go Franken, Go Go Go!

I'm so glad I voted for the Independent.

I say save the taxpayer money…open up the Metrodome, charge 20 dollars per person and settle this Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton style. Donate the money to charity…everyone wins.

How can the results change each time there is a recount? It seems to me history is repeating itself. Remember Florida 8 years ago.

Go Coleman!!! He is the best candidate….

Al Franken will win due to voter fraud and the joke's on us. What a circus!

I hope Franken wins.
These republican crooks need to be ousted.
Why does anyone vote for crooks and liars and dishonesty? WHY?
I just don't get it.

COUNT THEM ALL!

For every vote to count, you HAVE TO count every vote.

Rave asks "Who's paying for this ??"
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Under Minnesota state law, any vote that ends with a margin of less than 0.5% gets an automatic recount. So the state of Minnesota is paying for it.

DEMS ARE CHEATING AGAIN.

Let's say it all together……..Fillibuster Proof

He's a failed radio host. He can't do anything without yelling and screaming at his opposition like some little crybaby. He was good in bit parts in movies 20 years ago, but flopped in whatever he was the main star in. Unfortunately the only time Franken was funny was when he was coked out of his gourd.

But then hey, America's already taken a huge step back as of November 4th, why not keep falling, right libs?

Here's an idea for you land o lakes people…re-vote, but you can't vote for either of these two nit-wits

Who's paying for this ??

Go Al Franken!
Because you're good enough, you're smart enough, and dog-gonnit, people like you!