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Tammy Bruce — **This post will be updated throughout the show** Top conservatives back Blackwell More proof liberals have completely lost their mind, still, over Sarah Palin. And that, of course, is a good thing. Senate recount is complete; Franken up by 225 This is why Repubs continue to fail and why conservatives need to get active and vocal. I guess this means they don't have the money to buy our ports anymore?

Recount ends with Franken up by 226
Daily Kos — Great news for Al Franken (for real): Recount is complete; Franken up by 226 By MIKE KASZUBA and KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, Star Tribune staff writers Norm Coleman's term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time on Saturday, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul. Democrat Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 226 votes over Coleman as this edition of the Star Tribune went to press, according to ...

Disaster: With absentee ballots counted, Franken now leads by 225 votes
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Not surprising , but phenomenally discouraging. Norm Coleman’s term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time today, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul. Democrat Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman, according to a newspaper tally of officials’ count of the absentee ballots. Franken had led unofficially by 49 votes going into the day and gained a net 176 votes from the new ballots… The outcome Saturday was not a ...

Franken Prevails in Recount
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-MN) "term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time today, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. ...

MN-Sen: Recount Complete - Franken up 225
Swing State Project — Strib: Norm Coleman's term as a U.S. senator ended at noon Washington time on Saturday, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul. DFLer Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman as this edition of the Star Tribune went to press, according to a newspaper tally of the officials' count of the absentee ballots. Franken had led unofficially by 49 votes going into the day and gained a net 176 votes from the new ballots. With the recount complete, focus immediately shifted to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which continued to consider a request from ...

He's good enough, he's smart enough...
Corrente — ... and doggone it, the Strib just called it: Franken up 225 with recount complete; focus turns to court Norm Coleman's term as a U.S. senator ended at noon Washington time on Saturday, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul. At least Franken isn't going to fall for this post-partisan bullshit. Read more…

Franken leads by 225 votes after completion of recount.
Think Progress — Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, according to a Minneapolis Star-Tribune tally of the officials’ count of the absentee ballots. “With the recount complete, focus immediately shifted to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which continued to consider a request from the Coleman campaign to alter the process and add more absentee ballots to be reconsidered.” Eric Kleefeld notes that “Minnesota law is unique in that it prohibits the issuing of an official certificate of election until the legal challenges are all resolved.” ...

225
Comments from Left Field — As of last night it seems Al Franken, author of such books as the famous “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot“, has unofficially won by the Minnesota Senatorial election recount by 225 votes.  Why unofficially?  Simple, incumbent Norm Coleman is already crying foul and promising lawsuits should he be declared the official loser. Coleman’s attorneys said that depending on what the court decides, they would be ready to file a legal action contesting the recount results as early as Tuesday. Recount attorney Fritz Knaak said that he believed 300 to 400 ballots would go Coleman’s way in a contest, including through the addition of absentee ballots so far ...

Sunday morning round-up
Michelle Malkin — *The latest from Gaza… Two more senior Hamas terrorists are dead . And this: 35 Palestinians killed by Islamists, 75 shot in legs in the past week “to ensure they don’t help Israel.” Allahpundit’s full coverage is here . The clock is ticking . *Stuart Smalley is up 225 in the Minnesota Senate race recount. *Reid + Blago + Cornyn = Juicy Senate fracas! According to a Chicago Sun-Times report Saturday, Reid called Blagojevich on Dec. 3 and urged him to tap either state Veteran Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth or state Attorney General Lisa Madigan, both Democrats, to fill the seat. Blagojevich was arrested less than a week later on corruption charges that included ...

Bwaaa! Get used to it, loser!
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... Al Franken is 225 votes ahead with the recount complete -- but the sore loser is already planning to challenge it in court. Because in this day and age, with so much at stake, it's our egos we should be fighting for! ...

Franken has 225 Vote Lead in Advance of Certification
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Via the Strib: Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes DFLer Al Franken won an impressive share Saturday of what may be the last ballots tallied in the U.S. Senate recount, boosting his unofficial lead over Sen. Norm Coleman to 225 votes heading into a Monday meeting where the state Canvassing Board will certify the final result of the race. [...] Franken started the day with an unofficial lead of 49 votes. He achieved a net gain of 176 votes on Saturday. For some time it has seemed quite likely that when the counting was done that Franken would win. However, ...

Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 9
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings It's hard to believe that we're still talking about the 2008 elections, what with Obama soon to be inaugurated, an economic stimulus package on the horizon (and coming not a moment too soon), and a war ongoing in Gaza, but, alas, democracy needs to be allowed to take whatever long and majestic course it requires. And it looks like the long and not-always-majestic process in Minnesota will soon be over: DFLer Al Franken won an impressive share Saturday of what may be the last ballots tallied in the U.S. Senate recount, boosting his unofficial lead over Sen. ...

Coleman Going Down Real Ugly As Al Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race
DownWithTyranny! — Minnesota's sleazy ex-Senator Norm Coleman Some say that had Karl Rove not arranged for a tragic airplane "accident" in 2002, Norm Coleman would never have been a U.S. senator. Whether you believe that or not, if you've followed Coleman's Senate career you'll probably agree that one term was more than enough for this sleazy and ethically-challenged political hack. (I followed his career, ...