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Franken Camp: We're Ahead!
Talking Points Memo —
... The topsy-turvy Minnesota Senate race just took another twist when the Al Franken camp announced on a conference call with reporters that it believes Franken is now ahead of Sen. Norman Coleman in the recount -- by less than two dozen votes. ...
MN-Sen: Franken camp claims the lead
Daily Kos —
Spin? In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a margin of 22 votes. This would be the first time that Franken has claimed a lead in this drawn-out process, and was clearly made possible by the discovery yesterday of ballots in the suburban St. Paul town of Maplewood, which gave him a net gain of 37 votes. Remember, this ...
Franken Claims Lead in Minnesota Recount
Drudge Retort —
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Franken Claims Lead in Minnesota Recount Al Franken now leads Sen. Norm Coleman by a margin of 22 votes in the recount of the Minnesota Senate election, his lead recount lawyer Marc Elias claimed today in a conference call with reporters. Posted by ...
Franken reportedly ahead by 22 votes in recount.
Think Progress —
... , with “approximately 138,000 ballots left to count.” “This would be the first time that Franken has claimed a lead in this drawn-out process,” notes TPM. ...
Franken camp claims lead in Minnesota
Political Animal —
... by 303 votes. As Eric Kleefeld explained , "The Franken camp's methodology involves taking down the opinions of the local election officials regarding the challenged ballots, and assuming that all the challenges will result in those local officials being upheld by the state canvassing board. As such, we are dependent on the Franken camp being complete and accurate in their homework, and also on their underlying assumption proving to be correct." There are also about 138,000 ballots that have not yet been reviewed as part of the recount, and your guess is as good as mine as to ...
Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 5
The Reaction —
... has Coleman up by 316 (an increase of 101 since the start of the recount), but Franken's lead lawyer announced Wednesday afternoon that his candidate is actually in the lead by 22. How so? TPM's Eric Kleefeld explains: ...
Laugh Riot
Jules Crittenden —
... As comic is relieved of brief lead in Minneapolis’ Senate slapstick act. It’s a complicated joke, hard to follow, but ex-SNL comic/lefty talk radio flop Al Franken pulled ahead by 22 when they found some mystery ghost ballots in Maplewood. The latest snappy comeback is ...
Democracy is messy
Newshoggers.com —
... . The 133 found in Minneapolis apparently cancelled the advantage Franken enjoyed from the 171 found in Maplewood earlier this week. This on top of the 12,000 rejected absentee ballots that still remain a point of contention. Yesterday, the Franken camp also announced their internal calculations indicated a lead of 22 votes. It's unclear if this latest find will have any impact on that rosy prediction. The only thing clear to me in this mess is that Minnesota's election workers could probably use some additional training on proper procedure before the next election. ...
Al Franken Claims 10 Point Lead, But Only If ...
Politics Daily —
... Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias said that under the campaign's methodology -- which is not unreasonable, but has some necessary caveats -- they believe Franken is ahead by 10 votes as the first stage of the recount winds down. ...
