The Really:…according to the Minnesota Sec’y of State. It is being widely reported that Franken will be named winner of the Minnesota Senate seat. Unlike Illinois, Franken will likely be seated even if there are legal challenges since there is no evidence he bribed the governor.
The Really: Yeah, well, I will appoint someone you like…so there. The Governor appoints long time Illinois pol and pathfinder Roland Burris to fill Obama’s Senate seat even though everyone TOLD HIM NOT TO!
The Really: Nate Silver (new media darling of political prediction) and statistical wunderkind is predicting Al Franken will win Seanate seat in Minnesota by 27 votes. This guy is good. At his election fact machine fivethirtyeight.com Silver is backing his prediction with numbers, analysis and a transparent statistical methodology that makes perfect sense in its [...]