A winner for the Senate race and seat formally occupied by Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota has been officially declared. The winner is Al Franken, a fact which makes me happy in a couple ways. The biggest one is that Coleman couldn't be more dis likable, even for a Republican. His hubris after the close election in commenting that Franken ought to just concede defeat in a close race. NYT's columnist, Paul Krugman said over the weekend when observing that the Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. Coleman is in the middle of a battle between Republicans in Washington to keep Mr. Coleman in the Senate and Minnesotans eager for the race to end. The winner of this will be the Democrats in the long run unless Coleman manages to salvage some grace in this a bows to Franken.
The Republican governor will take the political fallout from the folly that this close race has become. Coleman has almost exactly half of the 3 million votes from Minnesota but I doubt the race would even be close now if the election were to take place tomorrow. Gov. Tim Aplenty does have a job and this event has placed him in the National spotlight because he can endorse the verdict allowing Franken to become Senator or play partisan politics and not sign off, waiting for s Supreme Court ruling on this issue.Although I do take a perverse pleasure in Norm Coleman's aguish in the prolonged agony of defeat moment, I had thought that this drawn out nightmare had ended on the first of this month. I don't see Coleman bowing out, the Govenor steeping up and declairing Franken the winner and now the country can witness more shamful Republican pouting in losing an important seat in the Senate to one of their least favorite Democrats, Al Franken.
The Republican governor will take the political fallout from the folly that this close race has become. Coleman has almost exactly half of the 3 million votes from Minnesota but I doubt the race would even be close now if the election were to take place tomorrow. Gov. Tim Aplenty does have a job and this event has placed him in the National spotlight because he can endorse the verdict allowing Franken to become Senator or play partisan politics and not sign off, waiting for s Supreme Court ruling on this issue.Although I do take a perverse pleasure in Norm Coleman's aguish in the prolonged agony of defeat moment, I had thought that this drawn out nightmare had ended on the first of this month. I don't see Coleman bowing out, the Govenor steeping up and declairing Franken the winner and now the country can witness more shamful Republican pouting in losing an important seat in the Senate to one of their least favorite Democrats, Al Franken.
UPDATE
Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, is to announce this afternoon he will not seek re-election. This is ofcourse as a result of being a Republican and having to make an unpopular call for Minnesota's newest Senator. Plus, with the Minnesota Supreme Court perhaps weeks away from rejecting Norm Coleman's (R) appeal in the Senate race (that's my guess), Pawlenty would be in the unenviable position of having to decide whether to certify Al Franken (D) the winner. Either decision would have been met with an outcry by one side or the other.
I totally agree with this NRP observer and it is all over for two Minnesota Republicans!
Officially it is over, welcome Senator Franken!
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