Comments on: COLEMAN RECOUNT UPDATE

By: Hunk of Burning Love

Hunk of Burning Love — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:31:12 +0000

I think they should call a special election and in the mean time the Governor should appoint me…Hunk of Burning Love to the Senate.

By: Nowhere man

Nowhere man — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:28:01 +0000

I think the courts should rule this race too close to call and order a new election.

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:36:39 +0000

After all valid ballots are counted, we should congratulate the winner and wish him well, regardless if it’s Al Franken or Senator Coleman.

I mean, why try to steal something you can earn fair and square?

By: Jeff Fecke

Jeff Fecke — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:36:35 +0000

Plus there are hundreds of other contested ballots to sort through befor we get to the absentee ballots that for all I know could have significant amounts of overseas absentee military ballots or domestic military absentee ballots. Both overseas and domestic military mailed ballots have by far the highest rate of rejection. So it is not out of wack to say that many of the wrongfully rejected were service men and women votes!

Which is why it isn’t impossible Coleman could still win. But the irony, of course, is that if Coleman wins, it will be because Franken’s campaign took a strategy of having every vote count. Coleman would win on votes he tried to keep from counting — and that the GOP said shouldn’t count. Now, I think that’s fair — but I thought the votes should count all along.

By: Mr. Grinch

Mr. Grinch — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:04:16 +0000

ranger the double-counting issue is not easy because I mixed up all those Hennepin County duplicates and originals really well. It was the work of a professional… me,myself and I!

By: ranger

ranger — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:48:10 +0000

I do not understand how the double-counting issue is not easily and fairly resolved. Someone please enlighten me.

By: Sonnyboy

Sonnyboy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:42:10 +0000

Typo for the Coleman vote (should be %20 X 130)=26 votes and not (%26 X 130)=26 votes.

By: Sonnyboy

Sonnyboy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:37:59 +0000

I think at least 130 of these double counted ballots were mentioned. In that case using your scenario Jeff Fecke Barkley would would have(%15 X 130)= 20 votes Franken would have (%65 X 130)= 85 votes and Coleman would have %26 X 130)=26 votes before the double count. After taking off the duplicate count you would have 85 less Franken votes minus 26 less Coleman votes for the standing count which equals a net gain for Coleman of 59 votes.

By: Jeff Fecke

Jeff Fecke — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:52:02 +0000

First, you can’t “maintain” a lead you don’t have.

Second, even if the 100 “double-counted” ballots are overwhelmingly for Franken, that might not be enough. Norm needs those to break better than 3-for-1 in his favor. (If out of those 100 votes, 15 are for Barkley, 65 are for Franken, and 20 are for Coleman, Coleman’s still down 3 votes.)

And of course, the fifth pile ballots are expected by all to break in Franken’s favor; if they weren’t, Coleman wouldn’t have been trying to keep them from being counted.

I’m not saying it’s impossible for Norm to win. But it’s unlikely at this point. He’s got to have everything break right from here on out, and get a little luck to boot.

By: Pete f

Pete f — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:48:55 +0000

Yes danbrome I do.

I would like to announce that danbrome is a idiot who seems to think his insults give him credibilty. I merely post to counteract his insulting posts. So far I believe it is a pretty even match, don’t you?

The same goes for Scott, I mean “Leroy”.

By: Bo Darville

Bo Darville — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:46:03 +0000

Since this Richie system is working so well, maybe they should recount the Klein and Paulson races, too? A corrected typo here, some found ballots there, going with the election night results in some places, and a recount in others… any lead could be wiped out!

By: Mr. Grinch

Mr. Grinch — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:59:17 +0000

After pushing an old lady in front of a snowplow and then stealing stereo equipment from a quadriplegic I sat down and read this post.

I want to let everyone know that I’m a Democrat and I threw in those original and duplicate ballots. Merry Christmas….the Franken campaign paid me $20,000 in consulting fees to help them ruin Christmas this year by disenfranchising 3 million voters!

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:13:42 +0000

Pete..

Long ago, your insults dashed any and all credibility you ever had on this board.

Do you have anything of substance to share with the group?

By: Pete f

Pete f — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:43:05 +0000

Thanks for your input Scott. As always you are full of shit.

By: Leroy Jenkins

Leroy Jenkins — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:13:51 +0000

Of course no one will be seated before Jan. 1.

Norm’s barrage of frivilous lawsuits will prevent Sen. Franken from taking his seat until well into the new year.