Thursday, November 27, 2008

Football Poll

Because of the Thanksgiving Day games and the rivalry games played this weekend, the next football poll will come out next Monday. Then there will be one final football poll before we move on to college basketball.

Our annual March Madness predictions promise to be bigger than ever in 2009. We will be adding more players and the competition will be fierce. Let the action begin.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Election 2008 - Minnesota Style

Is anyone following the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota? Yes, it's still going on. The incumbent, Republican Norm Coleman, beat Democrat, and former Saturday Night Live comedian, Al Franken, by 725 votes out of 2.9 million votes cast.

Since the margin was less than .5%, it triggered an automatic recount. However, even before the recount could begin, several precincts around the state "found" ballots that were not counted on election day but were counted several days later. Amazingly, the margin of victory became only 265 votes.

The offical recount began on Monday, and now the margin is 210 votes with 78% of the recount completed. But wait, it gets stranger. Some of the precincts have found ballots that were not counted on election day, and still haven't been counted. Also, each side is challanging the accuracy of about 1500 ballots. The final count probably won't be available until next month.

Oh yeah, Norm Coleman has already delivered his victory speech. Hold on Norm, it ain't over 'till it's over. Actually, nothing in Minnesota politics should surprise us. This is the state that elected wrestler, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, as their Governor several years ago. Ouch!

On election night, conservative political commentator, Bill Bennett, said, "If Norm Coleman can't beat a nut like Al Franken, he doesn't deserve to be a U.S. Senator". Isn't politics fun!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Thought For The Day

You must be willing to do the things today others don't do in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have.
- Les Brown -