After Absentee Ballot Loss, Franken Eyes Options

In other words, Al Franken needs to come up with other ways of stealing this election from Norm Coleman.  The hilarity of Franken's desperation is soon to trump anything he came up with as a writer or comic during his days at SNL.

Minnesota's U.S. Senate showdown is veering down a path toward the courts and possibly the Senate itself after a panel's ruling on rejected absentee ballots dealt a blow to Democrat Al Franken's chances.

For the first time, his campaign on Wednesday openly discussed mounting challenges after the hand recount involving Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman concludes. That includes the possibility of drawing the Senate into the fracas...