The nail-biter of a senatorial race between incumbent Norm Coleman and former SNL cast member Al Franken was too close to call on election night, and is currently in the process of a mandatory recount. With Coleman currently leading by just over 200 votes, this race is still anybody's game.

But the recount process, in true MInnesota fashion, looks to be rather uneventful. The New York Times headlined their recent coverage of the recount with the terms "patience" and "politeness". Looks like the recount is going to be totally fair and non-controversial. How boring.

Minnesota has the advantage of using only paper ballots, which makes recounts like this more accurate and less susceptible to shenanegins. There doesn't seem to be much drama between ballot counters and observers either: 

By the end of their shift, they had watched 1,592 ballots pass before them, challenging none.  “It was very clear-cut,” Mr. Erickson said. “No disputes, no disagreements,"
 

Looks like we're not going to be seeing any Florida 2000 style fireworks. There have been a few instances of ballot questioning, and some feel the process has been fishy, while others believe things are running as they should. But mostly, the media seems to agree that this is a fair run recount process that should result in little to no devious goings-on.

I doubt HBO or Kevin Spacey will be falling over themselves to do a special about this recount. I'll bet SNL won't even touch it. Again, true to the MInnesotan spirit, this recount appears to only be noteworthy only in how lackluster it is. So far, everyone's been nice, civil and fair, and man, is that ever lame.