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CBS and NBC both tied up some loose ends on the non-Presidential contests from Election Day. Lee Cowan covered the three undecided Senate contests--in Georgia, Alaska, Minnesota--for NBC's In Depth. NBC is never shy about using news reporting to cross-promote its other programming so it was no surprise that Cowan should pick the Minnesota contest as the most newsworthy of the three. Republican incumbent Norm Coleman "watched his lead nearly evaporate as his Democratic challenger Al Franken, of Saturday Night Live fame, closed the gap." Minnesota's three million ballots will now be recounted by hand.
CBS had John Blackstone cover the aftermath of the passage of Proposition 8 in California, which rendered the state's same-sex marriages unConstitutional. Some gay rights activists have singled out political donors who supported the ban by posting their names at antigayblacklist.com. A Los Angeles restaurant is being picketed because of its manager's campaign contribution and a Sacramento musical director resigned from his theatrical job. Blackstone pointed out that such intimidation has been a two-way street in an environment where all financial contributors are identified by name online. Supporters of the ban had sent letters to large opposition donors "demanding equal money or threatening to publish their names."
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