Senator Al Franken

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Ellen Mrja

In case you haven’t heard, former Minnesota U.S. Senator Norm Coleman has conceded his seat to Al Franken, following a unanimous state supreme court today in Franken’s favor. A thriller? Or a yawn?

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  1. Citizen Joe, on June 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm Said:

    Senator Coleman will give a hang-dog concession speech, and conservatives will say he showed a lot of class, despite the horrific election fraud perpetrated on him.

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  2. CSE, on June 30th, 2009 at 3:07 pm Said:

    I predict Coleman appeals. No way the GOP gives up the right to filibuster until all options have been exhausted.

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  3. Ellen Mrja, on June 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Found this on the NYTimes.com site:

    “Just this morning, MSNBC’s First Read listed several factoids that have accumulated during this fight:

    $51.1 million has been raised between Coleman and Franken for the entire campaign
    – $50.3 million has been spent between the two candidates
    – $11 million (at least) has been spent on the recount
    – 2,424,946 votes were cast
    – 312 votes separate the candidates (Franken leads)
    – 239 days since Election Day 2008
    – 34 weeks since Election Day 2008
    – 7 months, 27 days since Election Day 2008
    – 4 seasons seen since Election Day 2008 election.”

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  4. Ike Pigott, on June 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm Said:

    If Coleman had appealed, things would have been more interesting.

    As we’ve seen, the longer the recount continues, the more votes Ahmadinejad gets.

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  5. Reaganite Republican, on June 30th, 2009 at 4:48 pm Said:

    Are they really going to make this guy a senator?

    Franken’s radio show was a flop because few wanted to hear his boring anti-American drivel, but that didn’t stop the DNC from putting this bozo on the ballot. And they were going to do the same for Chris Tingle Matthews until polls revealed widespread revulsion at the thought.

    Then Team Obama and their MSM allies mocked mere “entertainer” Rush Limbaugh for having significant influence in the GOP. The DNC even ran TV ads to trash him… when he’s never even thought about running for office, to the best of my knowledge.

    So a failed entertainer’s OK for Democratic Senator… but a successful conservative one isn’t even allowed to have influence? -please

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    • PM, on June 30th, 2009 at 11:42 pm Said:

      Reaganite:

      There is a long tradition of second rate entertainers as politicians in this country…..Sonny Bono, Ronald Reagan, Jim Grandy.

      As an entertainer, Franken was better than all of those. And that means exactly nothing as far as how he will compare with them as a politician.

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  6. Gerry Mander, on June 30th, 2009 at 10:52 pm Said:

    Franken is effectively a creation of the GOP.

    In Norm, we have a middle-of-the-road convictionless incumbent. Franken only won because it was a presidential election year that gave him free Obama spill-over votes.

    No one I know – and I mean no one – feels passionate about either Coleman or Franken. They are two hyper-ambitious political gypsies who out-hustled mainstream Minnesota candidates.

    Thus, we continue the 25-year Minnesota tradition of electing undistinguished US senators.

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    • Ike Pigott, on July 1st, 2009 at 7:34 am Said:

      Fret not, Minnesota.

      You always will have Massachusetts beneath you on the electoral ladder. ;)

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    • Ellen Mrja, on July 10th, 2009 at 9:44 am Said:

      Gerry: Can you name ANY distinguished U.S. senator elected during the past 25 years? (joke)

      I actually have great confidence in Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s future. She’s an intelligent, principled and down-to-earth public servant. My fear is that she might be sucked down the drain …

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  7. Wow, on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:53 am Said:

    For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off the record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own reporters and editors.

    The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health-care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it’s a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff.”

    The offer—which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters—is a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival.

    And it’s a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices.

    “Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate in this intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon, an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth … Bring your organization’s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama Administration and Congressional leaders …

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html#ixzz0K6dSOCHc&D

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  8. Matthew Riggs, on July 7th, 2009 at 5:24 am Said:

    I thought it was a sigh of relief. Minnesota has not had full representation in the senate during this crucial time to fix the economy, and the country. I applaud Norm for dragging this on as long as possible (sarcastically of course). :)

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  9. William Dewey, on July 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm Said:

    Mr. Mander, it was not 25 years ago that Minnesota elected Paul Wellstone.

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