FRANKEN VICTORY PROJECTED

[kpete]

Source: Huffington Post

FRANKEN VICTORY PROJECTED

Franken Senate Victory Projected
December 18, 2008 07:57 PM

Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded him a host of challenged votes during deliberations on Thursday.

As of 8PM ET, the Minneapolis Star Tribune projected that Franken would finish the recount process with a lead of 89 votes, positioning him to become the 59th senator caucusing with Democrats in the upcoming Congress.

According to local paper tallies, Franken currently trails Sen. Norm Coleman by a mere five votes, down from the 358-vote margin that the Republican held just last night. The Associated Press has the count even closer, with Coleman ahead by two votes. An aide to Franken told the Huffington Post that, according to the campaign's internal count, Franken has already taken a small lead.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/frankens-senate-victory-c_n_152241.html

[BootinUp]

1. Holy moly! play some Little Richards muzak! nt

[davidpdx]

2. Good news, but let's not get ahead of ourselves

It is by no means over.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. This is fucking torture...

Are we going for a record here?

[Number23]

103. I know! Good grief this recount has more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie!

Just get it done already! :)

[lapfog_1]

4. Let's wait until the recount is completed and the court challenges settled.

It's simply too close (Franken down by FIVE at the break) to accurately predict what may happen.

[oldtime dfl_er]

33. Oh man

This is really hard to keep waiting on! Imagine how Al must feel.

[cynthia]

5. love to see that headline!

FRANKEN VICTORY PROJECTED



As Contested Ballots Go His Way, Franken Should Vault Past Norm Coleman To Projected Lead Of 89 Votes, Reports Minneapolis Star Tribune

[CitizenPatriot]

43. ohhh, please make this happen...

BO's head will explode...

I must agree with upthread poster -- the Republicans need to put this aside and do the right thing by STFU. Nation first, flag first, patriotism and all of that. Goodness, don't they love America?

[The Wizard]

57. Billo's head may not explode

but he might contract Torette Syndrom, or at the very least a twitch like the one Chief Inspector Dreyfus got when ever he heard Clouseau's name.

[Dinger]

6. Kicked, Recommended, and Appeal To The Mods To Allow REPEATED Rec : )

Well, I thought I'd try:)

[Trajan]

7. Im saying Yay ....

Rush Limbaugh IS a BIG FAT LIAR, and Al Franken is a Senator from the good state of Minnesota ....

It somehow re-balances the world, in a way ...

[NBachers]

8. Go Cat Go!

Carrrrazy Man Crazy!

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Who says your vote doesn't count?!!? Any one who stayed home on election

(with out a darned good reason) should have their nose rubbed in this one...
Five votes out of zillions!

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. Wow! Is that Frank Zappa? As Shiek somebody or other? Thanks, NBackers!

[NBachers]

56. Shiek Yerbouti

Who's more subversive than Frank Zappa?

It Can't Happen Here . . .

It Can't Happen Here . . .

[Enthusiast]

79. Have a vinyl of Shiek Yerbouti

In amazing condition. Also have a direct drive Marantz turntable to play it on. I have things. :fistbump:

[FailureToCommunicate]

106. What's a "turntable"?

[robinlynne]

84. yer bouti... too funny.

[lumberjack_jeff]

87. One of my favorite albums. n/t

[Odin2005]

9. AL! AL! AL! AL! AL! AL! AL!

Hey Normie, get the fuck out of Paul Wellstone's seat, NOW.

[Ken Burch]

20. And don't go back to Minnesota either, Normie!

n/t.

[oldtime dfl_er]

35. Love it!!!

Honestly I'll never forget (or forgive) the Repukes yelling that at Al Gore. Payback's a bitch! :)

[Gman]

10. Where's the live O'Reilly cam?

I wanna see his head explode live!

[Chisox08]

15. I hope it is officially announced

during Billo the Clown's show so his head can explode on live TV. Come on Billo say it. Say Senator Al Franken.

[edbermac]

17. I wanna all of Bill explode, like John Cassavetes at the end of The Fury.

[Suji to Seoul]

98. Franken will be Michael Ironside and Orally will be that dude from Scanners

whose head pops!!!

Can't wait. Please be true. We all need to welcome in Senator Franken if (when) it happens.

[orbitalman]

11. See what happens when you FIGHT for what's RIGHT?

The Democrats should take a valuable lesson from this. Not just ballot counts, but legislation, impeachment and other issues.

[earthlover]

101. impeachment? a democratic president and you ALREADY speak of IMPEACHMENT?

Yeah, buddy. Endure 8 years of Bush. Then impeach a democratic president. What the......?

Oh...you were talking about Bush?

How many days has he left? How long would it take to make CHeney president for a few days? Give. It. A. Rest.

[elocs]

110. Give it time and I'm sure you will be hearing cries for Obama's impeachment. Wait for it.

And not from Republicans.

[truthisfreedom]

12. Would that Gore would have had his chance to see the votes counted.

Would that the Dems had had a spine when the country still had a surplus. Imagine where we'd be now. IMAGINE!

[Dinger]

13. Indeed

You said it all.

[sellitman]

14. I Can't wait to hear the Repiggys squeal.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Doctor_J]

16. I call on Norm Coleman to concede in the interest of US unity

Dragging this out would cause unnecessary and irreparable harm to Al Franken and the new Congress.

No more lawsuits, Norm. Time to man up and give up the ghost.

[Capt. America]

108. Sound familiar? I loved your post. Take that Rethug pricks.

[Doctor_J]

18. The 538.com guy predicted 24 vote margin

How the hell does he do that?

[EFerrari]

19. Please!

:woohoo:

[Union Yes]

26. One of my heroes...

Paul Wellstone is smiling!

:party: :hippie: :toast: :woohoo: :toast: :hippie: :party:

[EFerrari]

52. That's a great image.

:party:

[Shiver]

76. It's a beautiful thought.

:party: :toast: :party:

[bottomtheweaver]

21. Great news.

An election reform advocate has been born, methinks.

[razors edge]

22. Give em hell Al!

What a battle to get a vote counted.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[DumpDavisHogg]

23. The Republicans need to just rename themselves to the "lose-icans" (n/t)

[Skink]

25. SNL Perhaps?

[earcandle]

28. Go Franken! Go Minnesota!

Go Democracy!

[HEyHEY]

29. If franken wins, I'll totally suck off ONE random duer

[Hassin Bin Sober]

59. My dad works for American Airlines and I fly for free.......

[druidity33]

63. ooooo, me! I'm succulent!

And i LOVES me some CANADA...

:silly:

[lumberjack_jeff]

88. ... in other news. DU was brought down today by an apparent DoS attack on HeyHey's profile.

Turns out it was just curious people. :rofl:

[Union Yes]

30. Go Sen Al!! Take back Paul Wellstone's seat!!

Coleman attempted to use the courts to have votes discredited. Coleman pushed to NOT count all the votes.

Wrong on so many levels!

Straight outta Rove's handbook.


I hope Al will take this fight to Washington as a Senator and BRING BACK THE F***ING PAPER BALLOT!

Go AL!

[SomeGuyInEagan]

36. Before Wellstone, that seat belonged to Mondale and Humphrey ...

... it'll be nice to get it back.

[liberaltrucker]

31. 58 looking' at 59!!!!!

If this pans out, BillO will explode on national TV. Cool!

:toast:

[BlackmanX]

32. Franken is a nerd but he'll be a good US senator from MN

I just question what kind of credibility he'll have after a recount this close

[Piewhacket]

38. Hey, Nerds are people too. Franken will make a great Senator.

And the group IQ of the Congress will actually rise!
Thank god for that. At last, the senate will have an IQ over 50!
And he's a democrat!

California sez: We're for you Al, Go AL GO!

[kikiek]

64. He will prove himself. Unlike the other one who will likely be under indictment.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

72. s/but/and therefore/

[cstanleytech]

34. Never met him though so is he as fruity and as nutty as he appears on TV or is

that just part of his act when he is performing for an audience?

[DeltaLitProf]

55. You must not know his work very well

If you heard his Air America show and read his last two books, you'd know this guy has incredible focus and a brain to match. The zany sense of humor helps.

[kikiek]

65. And a degree from Harvard.

[themonster]

37. Repugs

This will drive the Repukes nuts. Happy happy joy joy!

[Third Doctor]

39. Lets

not count our chickens before they are hatched.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. O'Reilly is gonna shit himself

GOOD

[Dangerously Amused]

41. YESSSSS!

[Endangered Specie]

42. They should use this race as a civics lesson for future generations...

every vote DOES count!

[defendandprotect]

44. And ...Wouldn't it be loverly ...!!!

[mzmolly]

45. It's amazing! Get the latest here >>>

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/

Go AL! :toast:

[meow2u3]

61. Totals show Franken is down by only 5--count'em, 5--votes!

Don't tell me every vote doesn't count.

[Sugarcoated]

46. Icing

It would be icing on the cake! Go Al!

[sasquatch]

47. Somebody force Bill-O to say it: "Senator Franken"

:rofl:

[The_Casual_Observer]

48. The Al Franken Decade has arrived.

[FriendlyReminder]

49. WOOOO HOOOO! Alright, now we're talking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mvd]

50. Wooohoooooooooo!!

I've been waiting for this! :bounce: :bounce:

He will be great to see in the Senate.

[gauguin57]

51. Last I heard, around 11 p.m., was that Coleman was ahead by 2 votes???

What the heck is going on? I saw it as a news crawl on either CNN or MSNBC ... can't remember which.

Star Tribune reporting Coleman up by five.

[rpannier]

53. If he wins America is finished

At least that's what bernie goldberg must be thinking.

Didn't he write that Franken was screwing up America.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! F**K You Bernie and Shill-O

[Bette Noir]

54. Fingers crossed...

[iconicgnom]

58. The message here is that Dems should always fight for the last fucken vote.

They shouldn't be wusses like so many have been in the past.

[nolabels]

93. Not to mentioning a need for a nationalized standardized transparent reviewable voting system

That also incorporates local elected officials to oversee the rational and fair application of such. Al Franken sure got a lesson on it, didn't he :-)

[judasdisney]

97. One of those wusses you speak of is Al Franken. He ridiculed "electoral conspiracy theorists"

on his radio show in the wake of November 2004.

But that was only AFTER he maintained a total blackout on discussing the topic for weeks, until the public anguish against his taboo forced him to mention it.

Franken is Joe Lieberman #2.

[Stevepol]

60. They should have made every politician in GA, AL, et al. fly to MN

to observe what democracy looks like. If they could see it in action, they might want to actually develop a democracy in their own state.

When you can't verify an election, you don't have a democracy: you've got whatever it's called in GA, a cyber-sham democracy maybe.

You can't have a democracy when the votes are counted in total secrecy without verification by private companies (who are almost certainly pouring money into the campaign coffers of politicans on the take to make sure Diebold, et al. make their billions), using machines that according to every serious study are open to hacking, patching, and fraudulent programming, especially by insiders, in ways that are completely undetectable.

Democracy takes awhile, but it's so worth it.

[underpants]

62. knock on wood

Let's not get our hopes up too high

[WillyT]

66. Yeah, Baby !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:headbang:

[Ganja Ninja]

67. Way to go Al!

That's the way to fight.

[bdamomma]

68. I hope so, that win would rattle the repigs.

[pleah]

69. K&R for Al!

Good for Al, for not letting the thugs steal this election.

[ThomWV]

70. I watched the count yesterday - they quit for the day, in another 5 minutes Franken would be ahead

It is the sanest way to recount I have ever seen - very well run, no question about the fairness of the count. Almost all of the challenged ballots are going for Franken. A few are being put into the overvote or undervote piles and very rarely one is found for Coleman, but overall the count for Franken increases about 1 vote for every minute they count. Yesterday they quit counting because of a preagreed time of day to quit - plus they used the last 30 minutes for other related matters, housekeeping if you will. When they begin counting again Franken will take the lead almost immediately.

[lib2DaBone]

71. Show 'um how it's done Al.......

..like John Kerry and Al Gore should have done.

[Phred42]

73. Can't WAIT to see Billo's head EXPLODE!

:bounce:

[Mad_Dem_X]

74. Pleasepleaseplease!

C'mon, Al!!! :bounce:

[camera obscura]

75. This one's for Wellstone

:party:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

77. F +4

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. COLEMAN APPEAL PROJECTED

anyway, that's my prediction.

masses of Republican lawyers swarming the MN and US courts.

[mzmolly]

80. FRANKEN NOW AHEAD BY 172 VOTES!

According to http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/ at the time of this post. :bounce:

[opihimoimoi]

81. 190+

[mzmolly]

86. 266!

:toast:

[Laelth]

82. k&r for some welcome news. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Swamp Rat]

83. Watch George Galloway rip Norm Coleman into tiny pieces:

:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=251717&mesg_id=251717

[pacalo]

96. Thanks for that, Swampie -- it's a classic.

[newtothegame]

85. Thanks for posting n/t

[4 t 4]

89. I love Al,he put up a great fight. Wat to go Al!

[nc4bo]

90. Woot! nt

[libodem]

91. My fingers are crossed

I hope he wins!!! He's a very well informed individual and will be invaluable to this country.

[YOY]

92. Well that's some positive news.

n.t.

[SarahB]

94. Yeah!

:bounce:

[sarcasmo]

95. Don't let the door hit you in the A$$ on the way out you slime ball, Norm Coleman.

[myrna minx]

99. We're taking back Senator Wellstone's seat.

:woohoo:

[Dinger]

100. Oh, Those Are SWEET Words

Ahhhhhh:)

[myrna minx]

112. It's been a loooong 6 years, knowing Coleman had been occupying Paul's seat.

It's wonderful to know we are taking this back for Paul and Sheila. :-)

[Piewhacket]

102. Thank you Minnesota, thank you, thankyou, thankyou...

oh boy...

all we need now are the stolen data tapes,
then there will be no one to stop us this time!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!


GO Al!

[Mike Nelson]

104. Yeah!

Senator Al!

[Historic NY]

105. wow he now has a 251 vote lead....go al.

[Ken Burch]

111. Does Coleman have the right to demand ANOTHER recount?

Self-Entitlement Man there doesn't exactly seem to be the "good loser" type.

[Turbineguy]

107. Minnesota voters agree:

Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot.

[Capt. America]

109. Thank you Minnesota for giving us another REAL progressive voice in the Senate.

[beac]

113. And a lying liar.

And a man who will surely be in the exploding-head club when he has to say "Senator Franken"! :bounce: