Franken Camp: We're Ahead!

The topsy-turvy Minnesota Senate race just took another twist when the Al Franken camp announced on a conference call with reporters that it believes Franken is now ahead of Sen. Norman Coleman in the recount -- by less than two dozen votes.

This is predicated on the Franken camp's methodology for counting challenged ballots, which is not unreasonable but also not foolproof.

Election Central has the details.