Talk about pitiful. You would think that when the vote difference is less than 500, each party would want to be sure that the automatic recount goes ahead to make sure there is no question about voter intent...
Instead we get this from Norm Coleman:
"Yesterday the voters spoke. We prevailed," Coleman said Wednesday at a news conference. He noted Franken could opt to waive the recount.
"It's up to him whether such a step is worth the tax dollars it will take to conduct," Coleman said, telling reporters he would "step back" if he were in Franken's position.
Yeah... right.
As if the race wasn't bad enough, we also have this story emerging:
Allegations have surfaced of voter irregularities involving a paid staffer of Sen. Norm Coleman, and the ramifications could have a profound effect on the outcome of Coleman's race against Al Franken.
A reporter for the Minnesota Independent, a progressive online publication, was working on a story about voter turnout when she overheard that Republican poll challengers monitoring voting at the precinct had brought in Mahamoud Wardere to help voters translate.
The Coleman campaign confirmed that Wardere is a paid member of their staff.
"I made some calls, found out his name and I confronted him and I said, 'Are you Wardare?' And he said, 'Yes, I am,'" said Priesmeyer. "At that poin I said, 'Are you working for Norm Coleman's campaign?' And he said, 'No, I am on vacation today.'"
However, Priesmeyer said voters told her that translators were telling them to vote for Coleman.
"I had already spoken to at least three people who told me that translators were telling them to vote for Norm Coleman," she said.
So it looks like we have a nice segue to Thanksgiving. We'll give thanks when thing is finally over.
I'm heading out to the woods for a while.