http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/political-tidbits-rahms-rabbi-frankens-victory-richardsons-investigation/ "He’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and, gosh darn it, he’s a U.S. senator?" That’s how the Washington Post begins its piece reporting that Al Franken is likely to be named the winner of the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota today. But he’s unlikely to take a seat in the Capitol this week: Although Franken trailed Coleman on election night, the Democrat—thanks in part to the ace work of election lawyer Marc Elias—has gained steadily ever since. A hand recount of the nearly 3 million ballots cast turned the race into a dead heat, and the recent counting of 933 wrongly rejected absentee ballots (don’t ask) yielded a 225-vote edge for Franken heading into today’s meeting of the state Canvassing Board, in which a winner—presumably Franken—will be named. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-01-05T;17:12:00-05:00