Minnesota Secy of State Not Happy with 'Premature' Franken Claim

In a state with the zaniest election history, it is suprising that Mark could be upset or suprised by anything.

Mr. Tapper, that's a very cocky photo at the top of your blog. And although cockiness is a disease of reporters, still it might be best to soft-pedal that quality a little and replace the photo with one that expresses some other quality. Let's see, how about impersonal honest and integrity? Or maybe dedication, a selfless mission to defend the basic principles of America (can always look them up). Oh, better yet, compassion and fellow-feeling with every citizen, whether they agree with your political viewpoint or not. Well okay, maybe Christlike is too much to ask. But at least a photo that doesn't exhibit that assured set to your mouth, maybe just a little more gentle.

When Republicans lose, they are polite and professional about it. When Democrats lose, they keep cheating until the vote comes out in their favor.

Anyone that believes that someone funded,bigtime, by Moveon.org is not cooking the books is crazy. How many democrats right now in the past 50days or so have had to resign for Americans to wake up and realize that the Democratic Party is not only corrupt ,for personal gain, but is also owned and operated by foreign entities? Mr. Secretary Florida had THREE RECOUNTS! Where have you been?? Dumb and dishonest.

Having known some people who count votes, and having heard some of their stories and candid admissions, I have no faith at all in recounts. Whoever can bring the most pressure and influence can get the most votes, especially if the vote counters are in sympathy with the pressurizers. When an election margin is as close as this one, the only thing to do is deny both candidates the office and hold another election without them. But of course what will actually happen is that one of the candidates will steal enough votes to win and to survive any more recounts, and the people will be stuck with that lying, cheating stealing thief as their constitutional representative. Dear America, where have you gone, and how we miss you.

NOW THIS......IS HOW YOU "STEAL" AN ELECTION!!!

Mr Richie is a big time lefty who is manipulating the rigged election in favor of one of the most mean spirited democrats in history. This is what Minnesota gets for living in the stone age with their pencil and paper ballots and out in left field politics. it would have been faster to hold a run off election but in typical fashion, the people of Minnesota don't have a law requiring one if the election were that close...It's like they live in a third world country....

An article like this one would has no credibility in light of the fact that Norm Coleman claimed himself a victor on election day!

Just another example of the American 'Congress, the worst government money can buy'

Let's not get premature and hasty folks. When the ice goes out and the walleye fisherman go home, there's sure to be a few hundred more ballots show up.

Yo Skip, I'm an 18 month veteran with nine months in combat as a door-gunner back in the day. Why does service make one more or less qualified? It's a canard my friend.

FDR, Clinton, Wilson, Lincoln were all wartime presidents without any military service, as to LBJ "Johnson reported to General Douglas MacArthur in Australia. Johnson and two Army officers went to the 22nd Bomb Group base, which was assigned the high risk mission of bombing the Japanese airbase at Lae in New Guinea. A colonel took Johnson's original seat on one bomber, and it was shot down with no survivors. Reports vary on what happened to the B-26 Marauder carrying Johnson. Some accounts say it was also attacked by Japanese fighters but survived, while others, including other members of the flight crew, claim it turned back due to generator trouble before reaching the objective and before encountering enemy aircraft and never came under fire, which is supported by official flight records.[14] Other airplanes that continued to the target did come under fire near the target at about the same time that Johnson's plane was recorded as having landed back at the original airbase.[14] MacArthur awarded LBJ the Silver Star, the military's third-highest medal, although it is notable that no other members of the flight crew were awarded medals, and it is unclear what Johnson could have done in his role purely as an "observer" to deserve the medal, even if his aircraft had seen combat.

Johnson's biographer, Robert Caro, stated, "The most you can say about Lyndon Johnson and his Silver Star is that it is surely one of the most undeserved Silver Stars in history, because if you accept everything that he said, he was still in action for no more than 13 minutes and only as an observer. Men who flew many missions, brave men, never got a Silver Star."[14]" - source - Wikipedia.

So, mon ami, dismount your high horse please and calm yourself down. As we used to say, "Don't mean nothing."

Hey Stuart Smalley, you're a disgrace and a coward. Minnesota is worse off for your shenanigans, and so is the country. You disgust me.

Let them keep recounting until the next
election, and then choose 2 new candidates.

Must be a democrat, otherwise he would have stated he was a republican twelve times in this blog.

Why doesn't Coleman just print up some ballots with votes for him & cliam they were found, inadvertantly placed, in a back room at a polling place.....just like Franken did? Republicans are soooo stupid. Democrats are stealing this election, it is very obvious.

The American government will remain the people's until the day congress realizes it can bribe the people with the people's money.

Bailouts and record high fundraising, w00t.

Franken is a comedian, Congress is a Joke. Should work out just right.

All throughout this election cycle, all we heard was about how the GOP needed to become more moderate if it wanted to be viable and attract more moderates & independents.

Now we ran the king of the moderates (aka king of the RINOs) as our Presidential candidate against a very FAR left Democratand got trounced.

And now we have Norm Coleman, who almost no one would describe as a conservative - in fact he's one of the most "moderate" Senators in congress. So here he is running against a guy that's about as far left as it gets and he's not able to soundly defeat him.

There's 2 examples of the GOP running "moderates" against extreme left-wing candidates and not being successful.

Seems to me that if the GOP is ever going to regain control, it darn well better start running some real conservatives and get away from these wishy washy moderate!

It must be really sad, for the GOP! Many Americans have decided that even comedians can run this country better than the corporate stooges that the GOP has offered.

I'm a Minnesotan and a independent voter, I am truly sadden at this one fact - In a recent independent study, Minnesota opinion shows that close to 40% of the people who voted for Al Franken - did not even know where he stands on the issues involving our government. Voters need to get involved! Do we really want a comedians running this country?