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Coleman's Lead Shrinks in Recount more»»
Based on a Minneapolis Star Tribune analysis of partial recount numbers released in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) lost a net of
41 votes and now holds a 174-vote advantage over challenger Al Franken (D). He started the day up by
215.
"These new numbers come after the state has recounted 18% of the
ballots. They come from 27% of the state's precincts."
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McCain Wins Missouri more»»
More than two weeks after the election, Sen. John McCain officially wins Missouri, finally completing our electoral map.
McCain's victory breaks the state's streak for picking the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1956.
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Why John McCain Lost more»»
The following guest post is from former Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-OK), author of Reclaiming Conservatism.
It's hard to know whether it was the real John McCain who lost or whether the person Barack Obama defeated was a fake, created to motivate the narrow slice of the electorate mistakenly thought to be the Republican "base" (see Palin, "country first", Joe the Plumber).
Obama might have won in any case, but the McCain campaign was an amateur affair, unable to settle on a consistent presentation of the candidate's message or identity. At times (e.g., the proposal to cancel a debate, put the campaign on hold, and race theatrically back to Washington), he appeared foolish.
McCain started the campaign as an admired and independent-minded combination of war hero and experienced legislator, weighed down by the unpopularity of his party and the president. By the time the campaign was over, it was not George Bush but McCain himself who had been rejected.
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