Powerline’s Scott Johnson declares, “Franken now anticipates losing the recount.”

At the MinnPost: “Coleman now has a 344-vote lead over Al Franken, according to the 8 p.m. update from the Secretary of State.”

Johnson thinks that Franken’s campaign will try to get Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to rule the exclusion of certain rejected absentee ballots to be improper, and refuse to recognize Coleman.