Is It Almost Over?

The results from the court hearing Norm Coleman's challenge to Al Franken's Minnesota Senate election win may be coming soon, and it doesn't look good for former Senator Coleman. The three judges want to see 400 of the rejected absentee ballots, much fewer than the over 1,300 ballots that Coleman's lawyers wanted the judges to consider. If all 400 of the ballots end up being counted, which isn't very likely, he would have to win a very large number of these votes to overcome his 225-vote deficit. Unfortunately, when Norm Coleman is declared the loser to his challenge, it is possible that Al Franken still won't be our senator since Coleman can appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Once Coleman loses that appeal, then Al Franken can finally become the junior senator from Minnesota. So we could possibly have two senators in the United States Senate by the end of the month. Of course, it could happen sooner if Norm Coleman takes the advice he gave to Al Franken when he, Coleman, thought that he had won the election. He could just drop it.