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Breaking:The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in
favor of Al Franken in the disputed U.S. Senate...
race, according to Franken attorney David Lillehaug....
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Video- The Agony Of Defeat: Conservative Media React To Senator Franken
The Political Carnival —
Via Media Matters.
Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
BlueOregon —
As Kari reported yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided that Al Franken should be certified the winner of the Senate contest in that state. Soon after, Norm Coleman conceded and Governor Tim Pawlenty made it official. Franken is scheduled to be sworn in next week when the Senate returns from this week's recess.
Part of my own fascination with this particular contest stems from the insane rightwing opposition to Franken. Their casting of him as some wild-eyed, crazed malcontent who is just to the left of Chairman Mao seems more a conspiratorial fantasy than anything based on Franken's views.
From my observation, it's unlikely that Franken ...
Get them a fainting couch
Political Animal —
GET THEM A FAINTING COUCH.... You know who's having a hard time adjusting to Al Franken's Senate victory in Minnesota? Fox News . Glenn Beck said of the senator-elect, "[I]t shows how crazy our country has gone.... [I]t shows that we've lost our minds." Beck didn't seem to realize why these words, coming from him, are deeply amusing. It's not much better on the Hill among Fox News' allies. Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma, a long-time member of the world's most deliberative body, today referred to his newest colleague as " the clown from Minnesota ." Considering how many times I've dismissed Coburn as a clown, I found his choice of words rather ironic. For his part, ...
Franken's Critics Agonize Over Senate Victory (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Yesterday, Al Franken, after a protracted Hundred Years War with Norm Coleman that played out in front of every legal body in the state of Minnesota, finally became Senator Al Franken, giving the Democrats a 60-vote caucus and a new set of challenges as to how they will manage to excuse disappointing their constituents going forward. You may ask yourself, "Huh, I wonder how all of Franken's opponents in the media are taking it?" Not very well, as it turns out!
You can watch for yourself, if you like, in this video mashup from Media Matters! Sean Hannity: he still BELIEVES, Y'ALL, that Coleman won! Glenn Beck says it's the equivalent of Glenn Beck being made Senator! ...
An added reward from Franken's win: It made the right wing talking heads apoplectic
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
One of the best things about Al Franken finally securing his Senate seat was captured in this video from Media Matters. It made the crazy right wingers go even crazier:
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Franken takes the oath.
thinkprogress.org 7/7/2009 — Al Franken officially became the junior senator from Minnesota earlier today when he took the oath of office, administered to him by Vice President Joseph Biden. After Franken completed the oath, “ the gallery erupted in an unusual and lengthy ...
The Associated Press: Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator
google.com 7/7/2009 — 11 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Comedian-turned-politician Al Franken is now a senator. The Minnesota Democrat was sworn in Tuesday, ending an eight-month political and legal struggle. He gives the Democrats 60 votes to thwart possible Republican ...
Court Rules for Franken
talkingpointsmemo.com 6/30/2009 — Minnesota Supremes rule unanimously for Al Franken.
More shortly ...
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For all of the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court that Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled ...
Franken’s First Bill
njdc.org 7/22/2009 — Last weekend, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) wrote an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the new senator’s plan for his first piece of legislation: to create a program to provide veterans with service dogs. Franken writes that meeting an Iraq veteran reliant on his service dog ...
Supreme Court says Franken won
twincities.com 6/30/2009 — It is U.S. Sen. Al Franken. The Minnesota Supreme Court today decided that Franken, a Democrat, won the highest number of votes in last year's U.S. Senate race and deserves a signed election certificate. The court said that Republican Norm Coleman ...
Senator-elect Franken to be sworn in tomorrow
dailykos.com 7/6/2009 — Mark your calendars for 12:15PM ET tomorrow : The current plan is for Al Franken to be sworn in tomorrow on the Senate floor at about 12:15 pm ET. Vice President Biden is expected to do the honors in his role of "President of the Senate." Also ...
Franken to be sworn in Tuesday
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 7/2/2009 — Sen.-elect Al Franken will be sworn in on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senator-elect Al Franken will meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and be sworn in Tuesday, according to Reid's office.
Franken has been assigned suite 320 in the ...
Congress: Franken wins -- 238 days later —
First Read 7/1/2009
Minnesota, your long Senate race nightmare is over.
The Star Tribune : "Al Franken, a satirist known for his biting political humor, is headed to the U.S. Senate, the survivor of an epic legal struggle that opponent Norm Coleman finally ...
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