http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/#comment-2448 bk Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:30:44 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=163#comment-2448 where what seems to be happening for the most part is "if the recount benefits Al we'll take it; if it benefits Norm we'll ignore it; and if we got caught double-counting for Al then we'll decry the 'missing ballots' and let the original flawed count stand". It's unbelievable. where what seems to be happening for the most part is “if the recount benefits Al we’ll take it; if it benefits Norm we’ll ignore it; and if we got caught double-counting for Al then we’ll decry the ‘missing ballots’ and let the original flawed count stand”. It’s unbelievable.

]]> http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/#comment-2447 MikeO Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:26:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=163#comment-2447 So long as my "confidence in the electoral system" depends on the integrity of the vote while the enemy version of it is winning by any means at any cost, then anything but scorched earth is a losing half-measure. So long as my “confidence in the electoral system” depends on the integrity of the vote while the enemy version of it is winning by any means at any cost, then anything but scorched earth is a losing half-measure.

]]> http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/#comment-2446 zuiko Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:30:07 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=163#comment-2446 A recount is not necessarily any more accurate than the initial count. Judging by the kind of shenanigans that go on during a recount, there's a good argument to be made that the recount is bound to be less accurate. A recount is not necessarily any more accurate than the initial count. Judging by the kind of shenanigans that go on during a recount, there’s a good argument to be made that the recount is bound to be less accurate.

]]> http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/#comment-2445 zuiko Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:27:10 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=163#comment-2445 Franken's suit will just give them the excuse they have been looking for to officially install him in the Senate. Franken’s suit will just give them the excuse they have been looking for to officially install him in the Senate.

]]> http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/01/13/recount-limbo/#comment-2444 ggross56 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:20:29 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=163#comment-2444 Today, al Franken's recount attorneys filed suit that, if he wins, would potentially ignore the will of the people of Minnesota. I wrote about it <b><a href='http://www.letfreedomringblog.com/?p=3489' rel="nofollow">here</a>.</b> Suffice it to say that Franken's got reason to be concerned. As a Minnesotan who's watched this from the front row, there are some geuine conflicts that haven't been resolved yet. Today, al Franken’s recount attorneys filed suit that, if he wins, would potentially ignore the will of the people of Minnesota. I wrote about it here. Suffice it to say that Franken’s got reason to be concerned. As a Minnesotan who’s watched this from the front row, there are some geuine conflicts that haven’t been resolved yet.

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