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Minnesota Recount: Looking grim for Franken
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... At least in the recount itself .  The margin separating Al Franken from Norm Coleman may look small — and it is — but it’s big enough to withstand the pending challenges, according to Ramsey County’s election manager: While a tiny margin separates the candidates in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, it is wide enough that Democrat Al Franken faces a daunting task in challenging votes to erase Sen. Norm Coleman’s lead. The two sides have disputed thousands of the other’s votes, but many of those challenges are regarded by experts as frivolous. To win his case before the state ...

Franken Needs to Win At Least 6 Percent of His Challenges
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — ... Democrat Al Franken needs to win more than 6 percent of the ballots he contested in order to overtake Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) in their Senate race, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune analysis . Coleman currently holds a 282-vote lead with 86 percent of the votes recounted. If Coleman wins none of his challenges, Franken will need to prevail on more than 6 percent of his challenges. That number increases if Coleman is successful on any of his challenges. Franken's team, however, has said that the margin between the two candidates is smaller — just 73 votes. The ...

Things Aren’t Looking Food For Franken In The Senate Recount
Say Anything — ... The margins are still slim, but at least one election official says Coleman lead is big enough that Franken won’t be overcoming it. ...