Posted by
Bill Crawford on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:28:12 PM
Well, it's official, folks. Minnesota has elected to the Senate a has-been who didn't make it anywhere near the top in comedy, movies (Stuart Smalley?) or talk radio (he was supposed to be the savior of Air America).
And Minnesota has dumped it's reputation as a straight arrow in election procedures off the cliff. There were recounts that showed more Democrat votes than there were registered voters? No problem. The end justifies the means.
Obama gets his 60 vote, filibuster proof Senate. Now he has no excuses, at least theoretically. His short history has shown that he will still find them as needed, starting with George Bush and ending with the likes of me.
At least Franken will not add to his problems. Going from his radio rants, he doesn't really have an agenda of his own- he was more about speaking to the evil around him and denouncing than he was about what he actually wanted to happen.
I feel for Harry Reid on this one. I don't care how much I want to get things done in government, I don't have the stomach for building a coalition with the likes of Al. Maybe that is why my party is so often the minority.
So here he comes, Washington. Everybody hold your nose.