America, Say Hello To Senator Franken
It’s finally over for Norm Coleman. And now, America is stuck with the world’s angriest washed-up comic in the Senate for at least six years.
(CNN) — Minnesota’s Supreme Court has dismissed former Sen. Norm Coleman’s challenge to the state’s November election results and declared Democratic challenger Al Franken the winner.
Depressing, but inevitable I think. The way Minnesota’s election officials handled this situation is atrocious, with some ballots counting but other ballots not counting for inexplicable reasons. It was so close a coin toss probably would have been more fair, but for better or worse Franken is the winner. And, really, while getting Franken in the Senate isn’t exactly good news it’s not like Norm Coleman was any sort of principled conservative.
Let’s hope the end result is someone reviewing Minnesota’s election laws and they way they were applied to this situation.
