Craigorian Chant: Al Franken

So after a lengthy court challange, Norm Coleman has gotten the court ruling that he has long been seeking. And with those new votes in hand, Norm has...

fallen behind by 87 more votes.

Al "Landslide" Franken is now up by 317 votes.

Free Al Franken!

March 31, 2009

Free Al Franken

This cannot stand. Al has won the vote, won the recount, and is winning every court challenge. This is sore loserdom on a grand scale. Minnesota needs a Senator, and American needs Al Franken in a position of power.

Free Al Franken!

January 5, 2009

Woo!

January 3, 2009

Landslide Al

Now up over 200 votes.

December 19, 2008

Almost Taste It...

Al Franken now up by 250 votes.

December 3, 2008

The One that Got Away

Saxby Chambliss has survived a run-off down in Georgia, which means that Dems are going to be short of the 60 vote filibuster-proof majority in the incoming Congress.

Darn. I mean, it's a Senate race in Georgia, but still. Darn.

The last race to be determined is Franken's.

Fingers crossed.

November 20, 2008

Play at Home

Think you can guess what a voter intended? Thanks to Minnesota Public Radio, you can see the challenged ballots and take you best shot at figuring out who intended to vote for whom.

And before you despair over the state of the American voter, keep in mind these are the dumbest, sloppiest, weirdest voters out of some 3 million voters in this Senate race. Normally these folks don't matter, but with a margin this close, every stray pen mark matters.

I mean, an extra write-in vote for the "Lizard People?" What, is that suppose to be funny?

Al Franken as Senator would be funny. But you know, in a good way.

Via

November 7, 2008

236

That's the current Al Franken vote deficit. He picked up 100 votes when an error was corrected. Somebody entered 24 instead of 124. For those of you who miss Florida, I give you the great State of Minnesota.

November 3, 2008

Looking For Drama

There might not be enough drama in the Presidential race to hold your attention for the entire night. But if you're like me, you need to stay up all night Tuesdays, you need some drama to hold your interest. Well, how about the Al Franken race? Polls are very close, with some showing Al up, some with him down, but always very, very close. There's a third party guy whose scrambling the results, and Coleman has had a rash of late-breaking scandals. Gosh darn it, this is where you find drama. And I like it.

Oh and for extra Senate drama, the Georgia race could go to a run-off in December. Georgia law required a run-off if no one get 50%, and a Libertarian is running strong enough to make that happen. The Dems race to get to 60 votes in the Senate could go into overtime.

October 10, 2008

No Joke

Al Franken is fricking winning! Here's the lowdown. A combination of the economy, backfiring attacks, and scandal (for the other guy)

Franken!

July 15, 2008

Missed

The Senate race in Minnesota just missed an opportunity to get truly weird, with Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura taking a pass on an independent run. Which leaves the field to Al Franken (Yeah!) and what's-his-name. Polls are mixed, but Franken has a small lead in the latest, so go team!

January 17, 2008

Franken!

I am actually happy to face my day, having been reminded that Al Franken is running for the US Senate.

February 14, 2007

He's in

Frankin is Is In!

January 29, 2007

Fran-ken! Frank-ken!

He leaving Air American to run for Senate.

Yeah!

Oh I'm sorry he's going to "explore a run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota."

That's what we call "running" these days.

Yeah!