Senator Franken has a real nice ring to it.
Andrew Gelman points to a Dartmouth College study of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race that concludes the pending recount will likely prove to be supportive of Al Franken's (D) bid to unseat Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN).
Coleman now has a 204 vote lead over Franken.
Meanwhile, the Minneapolis Star Tribune notes a big issue in the recount is whether rejected absentee ballots should be re-evaluated.