The Lion and Gun

After last night's counting Alaska Democrat Mark Begich now leads Republican incumbent and convicted felon Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes with about 15,000 remaining to be counted by Tuesday. In Minnesota Dartmouth College released a study which finds that the recount there is likely to favor Democratic candidate Al Franken, who is currently at a 204-vote deficit to Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. (h/t Political Wire) This will leave the Democrats just one seat shy of a sixty-seat majority; they'll be fighting for the last one in the Georgia run-off between Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin.