Comments on: Minnesota Recount Ends, Well Sort Of At Least

By: colin

colin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:58:33 +0000

I’d prefer it if the author just got it right. Perspective makes things interesting. Errors make things suck.

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:01:41 +0000

Colin,

Nate linked to a post I wrote, but this is a different author. We have a lot of different voices on Donklephant, and not all of them agree with Nate. But that’s part of what makes the site interesting, and I hope you’ll continue to come back and engage in conversations about this and other topics.

By: colin

colin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:07:14 +0000

this was not a good post. if Nate Silver thinks the challenged ballots are worth waiting for, they’re likely worth waiting for. incidentally, he’s how you guys ended up on my g-reader in the first place.

By: Mike B.

Mike B. — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:51:26 +0000

Motherf- There are thousands of challenged ballots to be reviewed, ballots which are likely to favor Franken, and he's the one who looks foolish by not just giving up on a Senate term? One that he might not only be entitled to, but one which might reflect the wishes of the voters? Donklephant's brief tenure on my subscription list is over. You guys are sad.

By: Ferinn

Ferinn — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:43:53 +0000

Also I wished Gore worked as half as hard as Franklin have to get every vote counted. He might of still lost at the end but sometimes these fights are needed to show how the system is broken and needs to be fixed & I know it’s a dream but a boy is allowed to have those.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:27:23 +0000

Whoa — is Franken just supposed to give up on the challenged ballots? Wouldn’t that be like shredding the votes of over 6,000 people? This thing isn’t over until they finish those challenges and make a determiniation on the missing ballots. Anything less than that is unfair to the voters. Isn’t that what elections are about — the will of the electorate?

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:49:14 +0000

go read what you block quoted again. There is nothing foolish about noting how the judges lean on disputed votes and predicting the outcome from that.