Al Franken is steadily gaining in the Minnesota recount:
With about 46 percent of the 2.9 million ballots counted by Thursday evening, the gap between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and DFL challenger Al Franken continued to close. Coleman was leading by only 136 votes, a drop from his unofficial lead of 215 that was confirmed Tuesday by the state Canvassing Board.
If you do the math, that isn't quite enough to take the lead. But Josh Marshall says there are also a few hundred disputed ballots to be counted. I'd love to see Al win the thing by one vote! Whatever brings the reptilian Coleman the maximum amount of pain.
