I haz a senator!

[donutsweeper]

Remember how the US had elections last November? The MN senate race was deemed too close to call and has been in contention ever since. (I posted about it back then here.) Well, first there was a recount. Then a court case. Then an appeal. But FINALLY the MN Supreme Court has ruled in Franken's favor and Coleman has officially conceded!!!

MPR article. Newspaper article.

It's about bloody time.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It's assumed the republican party told him that in no way was he to put Pawlenty in the position to have to go against the MN supreme court and not sign for Franken to be seated. Pawlenty is a darling of the party at the moment and appears to have presidential hopes.

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Heh, how could I have forgotten that politics might have played a role in that?

And hey, you now have Al Franken for a Senator. How awesome is that?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

And it's completely official as of noon or something when the governor signed the appropriate papers!

It is pretty awesome, but then again I'm colored by having had Jesse the body 'I want to be reincarnated as a 34DD bra' Ventura as a governor so maybe my sense of what a politician is supposed to be is a little off.

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

I swear, you guys have all the fun.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but we also have Michelle Bachman (well, not me personally, but as a state) so there is that side of the loonybin as well