Franken Magic Number is 82,

[rateyes]

in case you didn't know. Of the 387 ballots that are being opened and counted today, Norm Coleman needs 225 to erase Franken's lead, and half+1 of the rest to win the election by 1 vote. That means Coleman will need 308 votes of the 387 to win. Franken only needs 82 votes to make it mathematically impossible for Coleman to win.

[derby378]

1. Which means that Franken MIGHT become Senator in, say, eight months

Coleman ain't goin' out like that. His lawyers will stall Franken beyond the point of absurdity.

[AlinPA]

3. This will last a very long time. Republicans are in it for the long haul and will

see to it that their cronies in the SCOTUS get to make the decision.

[underpants]

5. Why will I not be surprised to hear "Let Ted Stevens be the Senator from Minnesota" at this point

:eyes:

[Bill219]

2. Thanks for the info

I wonder how long this process is going to take today?

[Towlie]

4. It's Al Franken's ultimate comedy routine: The elected Senator who might actually serve someday.

[Bill219]

6. Franken lead up to 243

[rateyes]

7. Magic number now to 61....counting now....60

59
58

[rateyes]

8. 56, 55, 54,

53

[rateyes]

9. 52, 51, 50, 49, 48. 47, 46,

[rateyes]

11. 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40

[rateyes]

13. 39, 38, 37

[rateyes]

15. 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29

[rateyes]

16. 28, 27, 26, 25

[rateyes]

17. 24, 23, 22, 21, 20,

Others count for Franken on the magic number, too

[rateyes]

18. 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11

[rateyes]

22. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR-ELECT FRANKEN!!

[Bill219]

10. 40-19-4

[rateyes]

14. Smartass.

:evilgrin: :hi:

[Divine Discontent]

bwahahahahaha! too funny... oh, and by the way...

16-13-39-48 (wonder if rateyes lost track yet)


GO AL!

[underpants]

12. Watching it *LIVE* here

http://theuptake.org/

[Bill219]

19. 65-41-15-1

[Bill219]

20. 70-43-17-1

[dana_b]

21. Franken + 247 votes !!

[WI_DEM]

23. Coleman will take this as far as he can, it will probably be months before Franken is seated.

[Bill219]

24. new link to watch side by side

http://homepage.mac.com/eyemac/uptaketable.html

[salguine]

25. Maybe the voters of Minnesota need to file a class-action suit against

Coleman to make him knock this shit off and quit wasting everybody's time and money.

[d_b]

26. Franken. Franken. Franken.

Coleman. Franken.


:D

[Bill219]

27. 142F-86C-31O

[rateyes]

28. Bingo!!

What do I win??