Quote of the Week

"Yesterday the voters spoke. We prevailed," Coleman said Wednesday at a news conference. He noted Franken could opt to waive the recount.

"It's up to him whether such a step is worth the tax dollars it will take to conduct," Coleman said, telling reporters he would "step back" if he were in Franken's position. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said the recount would cost 3 cents per ballot, or almost $90,000.

-Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN).

At present time, Coleman's lead over Al Franken in the incredibly tight Minnesota Senate contest is down to 236 votes out of over 2.88 million cast. Call me overly cynical, but I doubt that Coleman's posture would be to concede if he were only down by such a narrow margin.