COLEMAN CAMPAIGN: WE LEAD BY 2,200 VOTES!***

***(Okay, Maybe Not, But Al Franken Does Not Hold A Lead In The Recount)

As Al Franken’s campaign sees the re-election of Saxby Chambliss impacting the enthusiasm of Democrats to overturn the results of a Minnesota recount, his campaign today held a press conference in which they declared they now hold a 22 vote lead over Norm Coleman in the recount.

 
In addition, they also announced they were withdrawing over 600 ballot challenges, which underscores the fact that a great majority of their challenges are likely to be frivolous, and therefore, making their efforts to overturn the recount even more difficult.
 
The following statement was released by Coleman for Senate Campaign Manager Cullen Sheehan:
 
“The Franken Campaign invented a story of an 84 year old stroke victim in a shameless effort to make a political point.  Today, they’ve invented a story of a lead in the recount.  Both stories are false, and both stories will be held up as evidence of a campaign that has been prepared to say and do anything to win an election that they lost on election night.  We have confidence that on Friday the results of the recount will show Norm Coleman has emerged, again, as the winner of the 2008 United States Senate election.”