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Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 10:35:39 AM   
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It's practically a dead heat between Coleman and Franken, with 100% of the precincts reporting. I think I heard Al Franken is already calling for a recount? Anyone else heard anything more?

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 10:38:14 AM   
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It's practically a dead heat between Coleman and Franken, with 100% of the precincts reporting. I think I heard Al Franken is already calling for a recount? Anyone else heard anything more?


Well, a recount is automatic in Minnesota when the election is as close as it looks like it will be, so we almost certainly will have one.

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 10:57:41 AM   
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I can't believe Stuart Smalley has done so well, Jack

I wonder how close the race would be without Barkley?

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 11:00:33 AM   
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Have absentee ballots been added into the mix yet?

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 11:02:41 AM   
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I can't believe Stuart Smalley has done so well, Jack


Well, ever since the 'Jesse Ventura Incident' they have had breathalizer tests at voting places, but apparently some broke down last night.

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/5/2008 8:08:23 PM   
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I wonder how close the race would be without Barkley?


I read somewhere that he pulled from both Franken and Coleman, so it's hard to say.

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/7/2008 1:37:12 AM   
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Things could get exciting.

Or ugly [er].

The recount hasn't started yet, and already one polling place found a human counting error, bringing the difference between Franken and Coleman from 457 to just 236 votes:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34024274.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DU2EkP7K_V_GD7EaPc:iLP8iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

At any rate it doesn't look like we'll know who won until mid December.

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RE: Minnesota Senate race - 11/7/2008 1:39:11 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ta_mosquito

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I wonder how close the race would be without Barkley?


I read somewhere that he pulled from both Franken and Coleman, so it's hard to say.



Barkley was pretty liberal on social issues, so I suspect he pulled more from Franken.

Especially given that Obama won by such a large margin in MN, which would suggest a lot of Dems who voted for Obama were voting for Barkley.

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