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It looks as if Bill O'Reilly is going to have to deal with the fact that Al Franken will be the next senator from Minnesota. Smelling salt over at FoxNews, please.

I understand this is a close race with many votes. But regardless of the tightness of the race, the people of Minnesota should not have to wait almost two months to find out who their Senator will be. Not only is this time consuming, its also expensive. We deserve a better, faster, more accurate recount system.

If Franken, with the help of ACORN and the sleazy Democrats succeeds in stealing this election, he will be completely illegitimate. The rest of the country knows exactly what's going on.

Just have a second election, and Coleman will destroy Franken.

THAT is the true will of the people!

I hope Coleman is capable of getting angry enough to, if necessary, bring a challenge to the Supreme Court!

it is ridiculous. i guess people can't count nowadays

If they would have put this much effort in the Fla. count Al Gore would be president. What a shame.

Go Al, go. I'm loving this.

Got to get it right, even if it takes a while. Minnesotans are patient and fair. Besides there not much else to do up here now except snow sports and count ballots!

Franklin is a joker. He is trying whatever possible way to come to senate. Democrats also want to have one more senator. They do not care who he is. Imagien what kind of a person we will have in senate if he hs elected. I hope Colman will keep his seat for God's sake.

Even though it looks like it will take almost two months I am still encouraged that we are counting every vote and when this is all said and done someone will be declared a fair victor. Democracy is sometimes frustrating and reminds that in the end we follow the will of the people. If only Florida had followed suit with a full recount in 2000 perhaps there might have been a change. But America always (sooner or later) learns from her mistakes. We have change now and though I personally will not trust government I will stand their to hold them accountable with my vote.

Coleman ought to be ashamed. A comic is beating him. It should not even be this close.

only because they keep announcing the tallies like it means something.

It amazes me that there are that many people in Minnesota who would vote for Al Franken. Seems like lots of people voting twice, or maybe dead people; just lots of illegal voting. If I lived in Minnesota, I'd be outraged by all the illegal going's on.

oh great! Another fool in Congress if Franken wins! Not that Coleman is any better but personally I rather see anybody than Franken win. He is an idiot who thought he was a comic!! he will do this country no good!!!

This has been ridiculous since Al Franken announced that he was running. What were you think9ing Minnesotans who voted for him?!!

AL IS GREAT. WE LOVE AL. RAH RAH RAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do you think so? It looks like a great example of Democracy at work to me! It was a close race and the recount process is working well, unlike Florida where lawyers stopped it before the true result was known.

I disagree completely. There' no hurry. In the worst case, the poor old USA will limp along with only 99 Senators for awhile. Boo-effin-hoo.

It's better to do things slowly and carefully, which is what is being done, than to rush through. A lot of the problems with the Florida 2000 recount came from a combination of delaying actions and attempts to rush the process. That hasn't happened here.

We're only a little behind schedule, and as I said, there's no real hurry. This was just a freakishly close, hard-to-decide election.

What is wrong with the both of them?

Go Al go!

Just remember, when Republicans suppress votes and win elections without a majority, it's called a "Victory"... when Democrats do it, it's called "Stealing"...

ALL votes should count

How is this ridiculous? Taking time to insure a thorough job in counting all votes seems a rather sane way of going about things.

Surely the most sensible thing would be to have a run-off with just Coleman and Franken. The fact that each received about 42 of the vote means that whichever is declared the winner will not have what many would regard as a proper mandate. A run-off would produce a clear winner. My guess is that Franken would win, given that most of those who chose the Independent candidate seem to have been moderates who are turned off by Coleman.

Is it ridiculous to make sure every vote is counted?

this is democracy in action....get used to it.

I hope Franken wins. Bill O'Reilly will lose his mind.

You know what the best thing will be if al wins? Just that it would make Bill O'Reilly angrier than ever.

Coleman's teeth are ridiculous.

Seems to me that at this point the people of Minnesota will lose no matter which candidate wins.They are fast replacing Florida as the most incapable state to vote in elections of any kind.Perhaps just a coin flip would be better in those states but the coin would probably fall through a crack in the floor.

Imagine if this were a close presidential election and we had no electoral college. We could have this same sort of thing playing out all around the country for weeks on end.

Franken is a jerk, and Minnesota is a joke if he's elected .

Lets count, recount, and recount again until Al Franken win .....

I wonder what his campaign slogan was? "Give your money to me, Al Franken", perhaps?

Fight for evry last vote Al.

Let them count every ballot that was cast and meets the criteria. Only then will Minnesota be represented by the peoples choice.

I think whoever wins this, needs to accept his responsibility to serve the people of the state of Minnesota, and whoever looses, needs to accept defeat graciously and work together with the winner. That is what I think we can learn from this senate election.

Coleman won in the beginning by a couple hundred votes. Franken just refuses to loose and cant except it. Coleman deserves the spot

becoming?

Why is this rediculous? MN has a organized method to deal with a very, very close election. MN is how it should be done with a close election.

Am I the only one who has been hearing about some fresh ink on those ballots now being recounted?

What's this country coming to if a "sick comic" like Al Franken makes it to Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Franken is an idiot!

But PEBO is a Chicago politician who has participated in palm-greasing thuggery!

He is also an Alinsky graduate in community organizing!

And a guy in search of an identity. He is neither black nor white, and his parents basically abandoned him!

Manipulative rhetoric is his game, and the pseudo intellectuals have bought his blather!

Can he continue the con? We will soon see!

At the rate this state is counting it's ballots for the Senatorial race, the term of the winning Senator will have expired by the time they finish.

Geez! This contest isn't fraught with nearly the number of legal isues that were brought up in the 2000 FL recount and yet it goes on and on. SOmebody needs to get this shifted in to high gear and get it done.

Al Franken should tell Pastor Rick Warren that the Church Age is over.

this became ridiculous the day democrats nominated this hyperpartisan buffoon

with that incident bush and his administration still won the election? just shows the attidude of this government. i never trusted them from the start

Uh oh, Coleman has fallen behind (maybe) and now brace yourself for the "Republican rent-a-mob." You remember that crew: In 2000, the re-count of the presidential election (Bush/Gore) was interrupted by angry "concerned citizens," who were later identified as Republican staffers. I still don't understand how counting ALL the voters was somehow "damaging to societal interests." Let's hope the man with the most votes wins this time – whomever it might be!

I am shocked that there are so many people in Minnesota that would vote for a person like Al Franken. By the way, why does he claim to be a comedian? He's not funny. He's the most mean-spirited, cynical person I've ever seen. Can that many Minnesotans be that stupid? Apparently, yes.

Since the election has been over I was almost certain Coleman was going to take it. But now, it looks as though Franken's going to pull it off, if he does, it will be a very pleasent surprise.

Imagine Al Franken or Michelle Robinson Obama, following the footsteps of Hilalry Clinton, as our future commander in chief in a dangerous world.

Could Senator Clinton do one practical thing before leaving office, and that is to stop Mayor Bloomberg from increasing fares on buses and subways !!!

Franken was in the Senate a few weeks ago – did he know the outcome in advance?

Franken is to the Senate what sticky stuff is to the dog park.

Franken should go back to telling jokes. Actually, he was not very good at that either. No way is he capable of being a US Senator. I know all the dems want him regardless, but that's just plain ignorant. Coleman will win, in the end. AND so will the people of Minnesota.

Hang in there Big Al, it is almost over!

it goes like this, 1-2-3- etc. get it???

This is a perfect example of voter fraud. If the votes themselves are not fraudulent, then the people counting them are! It's criminal whats taking place in Minn. The people spoke, they cast their ballots and the Democratic party is pulling out all kinds of tricks to steal this election. Oh...just like with Obama too huh? We are in BIG trouble in this country.

With our inability to conduct proper election and unable to count votes fairly on timely basis, we go around the World preaching democracy calling other nations names. Give me a break.

You must be looking at an old StarTribune paper or something because there isn't a news source anywhere that has had Al Frankfurter up or within 200 votes of Coleman.

This seat is very important for our country and our future. We need all the positive votes to get our GREAT COUNTRY healthy again. Repeat after me: FRANKEN FRANKEN FRANKEN !!!

Wow... that is really close! Well, I'm banking on Al Franken!

either canidate will be a freak show

Go Al Go!!!

This is 2008, Mr. Chaney. Not 2004. This is probably part of why you were such a grand VP.

Seems no matter what this thing will end up in litigation. Coleman was announced the winner, Franken files a lawsuit. Recount calls Coleman a winner, Franken will file another lawsuit. The only way Franken will win this is by a lawsuit, and it seems he will keep this in litigation until the next election. Franken just needs to go away, and allow the people whose votes have already spoken, stand, BUT he won't. Why you say, because the Democrats are just that way.

Well, this election should tell Obama where to spend $500 million dollars to spur the economy. Minnesota just proved over 1.3 million of their citizens are lunatics, they all voted for Franken, and they are all on the loose.

All this shows across the board, is that the present methods of vote tabulations are subjective, to say the least.

One method,,,,,, of irreputable accuracy, delivered in real time, must be developed..... REAL TIME TABULATION...... IRREPUTABLE ACCURACY,,,,,,, NATIONWIDE.......

It does seem that Minnesota is giving just dues to accountability, with a painstaking effort of all concerned........ If the balance sways to the Dem ticket,,,, it would seem that the Rep ticket was all too quick to try and close the election as FINAL...... If Franken does indeed exceed that of Coleman,,,,,,, all eyebrows should be turned towards Colemans objections of counting ALL BALLOTS........ What was he thinking??????

Having worked so hard the second time round, they should make sure all the ballots are counted.

On topic: Every vote counts – especially if people take the time to mark the ballot correctly!

Off topic: Notice the article on Cheney and the "f" word didn't allow comments – afraid the number of people posting would cause the system to crash?

this is becoming ridiculous.

Norm Coleman has got white teeth

Are you watching, Florida?

Its time for some more "just discovered" ballots to show up, this time in Coleman's favor. Wait a minute, that only works for Democrats. What a joke this recount is.

Is there a misses Franken?