Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

[tekisui]

Al Franken's campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the Minnesota recount began, the Democrat has actually pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.

Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said the campaign's own internal count showed them up 22 votes, a jump from the 13 vote deficit that they faced on Tuesday.

"We have approximately 138,000 ballots left to count," said Elias. "94.3 percent of the state has now been counted... Obviously that number is going to change, but we are pleased thus far with how things are going."

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/03/franken-ahead-22-votes-no_n_148100.html

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This is about where Nate Silver predicted it would be.

[stillrockin]

1. Go, Al!!!

[hlthe2b]

2. This roller coaster ride is making me nauseous, however...

I want to get off! Good Luck, Al... I sure hope when it stops, you are on top.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. This is why voting matters...ALWAYS!

GO AL!

[EFerrari]

4. This is what I want for my birthday and for Christmas.

Fight, Al!

:kick:

[pacalo]

8. I want that for your birthday, too!

My birthday present arrived just a week late, but it was worth it: Obama was elected!

:toast:

[EFerrari]

9. LOL! November 4 is my brother's birthday. He was really happy!

:toast:

[riverdeep]

5. If Nate gets this right, he'll have a huge career boost.

I think he predicted Al would win by 27 votes, it would be mind blowing if that happened. And imagine you're one of those people in Minn. who said 'maybe I'll just stay home, my vote won't count'.

[SoCalDem]

6. Al should call for a press conference and announce

that he agrees now with Coleman's earlier statements, and to save the people from undue stress & expense..and for the good of the country, he's stopping the recount, and is awaiting Coleman's concession speech :evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

10. Yes! That's exactly what he should do!

lol

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

7. Minneapolis just announced 44 votes lost to Franken-- shit..

thus my rollercoaster analogy......


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3629279

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. I just read he was 171 votes behind in the last official count.

[BostonMa]

12. were u happy?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

14. Just pointing out a discrepancy in the official count and the campaigns count.

[backscatter712]

13. Now all he has to do is make the courts agree with him.

The reason the internal counts disagree with the official counts is because of uncounted ballots, some of them challenged, some of them rejected, possibly wrongly.

Now he's gotta get his lawyers in there to demand all the votes be counted.

Of course, Coleman's probably gonna try throwing a repeat of the Brooks Bros. riot...