It's almost safe to go outside...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801435.html

RICHMOND, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes....At a Richmond news conference, Allen adviser Ed Gillespie said the senator will wait for the results of a statewide process called a canvass, in which the preliminary tallies from Tuesday night are confirmed during the next several days....Gillespie said teams of volunteer lawyers have fanned out across Virginia and will be monitoring the canvass as it unfolds. Local electoral boards are required to finish their canvass by the close of business on Monday and report those results to state officials."

Hopefully this will indeed all be settled by Monday. Letting the entire country hang until late December (as occurred in VA last election cycle with the Attorney General position) would really be inappropriate.

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