Franken Wins

The three judges overseeing the Senate recount in Minnesota said today that Al Franken had the most votes. At most times--the 2000 Presidential election being an exception--the candidate with the most votes is referred to as the winner of the election and is duly sworn into office. If Norm Coleman has had only a mere glimpse of what the Minnesota ethos is all about he will know that now is the time to give up the ghost. Let us assume that the people doing the work over the past months do know how to count, that they have gone over the results 10,000 times--once for every lake--and that there is no reasonable case for appeal. Let it go, Norm, and start your new life.