The Daily Background
| -4 Degrees here in Chicago. No wonder Obama’s in Hawaii.
Filed at 12:52 pm, Tuesday December 23rd 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Franken leads Coleman with an increasingly small number of ballots yet to consider. A draft report by the secretary of state’s office has Franken up by 48 votes. The board was meeting Tuesday to discuss that report, although corrections to it won’t be done until next week.
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Coleman’s campaign is disputing the allocation of some challenged ballots, which would add up to a 49 vote swing in the incumbent’s favor. Franken’s campaign has also brought some potential errors to the board’s attention, which it says amounts to 43 potential votes in the Democrat’s favor.
As Dan Rather would say, this race is shakier than a cup of cafeteria jell-o during an earthquake.
