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Robin Zhang - December 22nd, 2008 in
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Former SNL comedian and Air America radio host Al Franken is likely to become Minnesota’s next senator. For those of you out of the loop, Franken trailed Coleman by 215 votes on Nov. 4th after all the ballots were counted – a difference of 0.01% – triggering an automatic recount. However, Franken seems to be gaining more votes from the recount than Coleman, and Intrade has his chances of winning at 85%. Why is Al Franken so awesome? I refer you to the Gospel of Supply-Side Jesus:
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