More and more questions are arising about the votes and voting in Alaska, namely why the exit polls are soooo skewed from the tally.
Did a huge chunk of Alaska voters really stay home for what was likely the most exciting election in a generation?
That’s what turnout numbers are suggesting, though absentee ballots are still arriving in the mail and, if coming from overseas, have until Nov. 19 to straggle in.
The future of convicted felon, Senator Ted Stevens, hangs in the balance as 81,000 absentee ballots are yet to be counted. Also hanging is the remote possibility of a 60 seat democratic majority in the Senate… a filibuster proof majority assuming they all vote in concert.
In Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman leads Al Franken by a scant 237 votes, and NBC’s John Yang reports that Democrats are hopeful Franken can make up that difference in a recount. If the Democrats can pull out a squeaker in Minnesota, they’d be sitting at 58.
In Alaska, the race isn’t over yet either — Democrat Mark Begich trails embattled Ted Stevens by 3,400 votes, but there are 55,000 absentee and provisional ballots that won’t be counted until next week. So if the Dems pull that one out too, then they’re at 59.
Then wishy washy Senate leader Harry Reid (and renowned pussy) has to figure out what to do about wishy washy Joe Lieberman.
