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After 8 Months, Franken Wins Senate Seat in Minnesota
By MONICA DAVEY and CARL HULSE

Nearly eight months after Election Day, Al Franken, a former comedian and an author, appeared certain on Tuesday to become the next United States senator from Minnesota, giving the Democratic Party at least symbolic control over Senate filibusters.

Outside his St. Paul home, the incumbent, Norm Coleman, a Republican who had held the seat for one term, conceded the election to Mr. Franken, bringing an end to a lengthy battle that had resulted in thousands of pages of legal documents, cost tens of thousands of dollars, and had left many ordinary Minnesotans weary.

Mr. Coleman�s announcement followed a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday in Mr. Franken�s favor. There, the case had centered, in part, around whether some absentee ballots had been wrongly excluded and standards had been inconsistent, as Mr. Coleman contended.

But in their 5-0 ruling, the court found that Mr. Coleman had failed to prove that �the trial court�s findings of fact are clearly erroneous or that the court committed an error of law or abused its discretion."continued....http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/us/politics/01minnesota.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

It's about time. He dragged this on and on and I am finally glad that it is over. The people of Minnesota deserve better than having a sore loser as a Senator.

[mises]

Al Franken.

Let's look at his 'literary work':

* I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley (Dell Books, 1992) ISBN 0-440-50470-8
* Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations (Delacorte Press, 1996) ISBN 0-385-31474-4
* Why Not Me? (Delacorte Press, 1999) a parody-journal of the fictional �Franken campaign� for President ISBN 0-385-31809-X
* Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness (Plume Books, 2003) ISBN 0-452-28450-3
* Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (Dutton Books, 2003) ISBN 0-525-94764-7
* The Truth (with jokes) (Dutton Books, 2005) ISBN 0-525-94906-2


An intellectual powerhouse. I actually read Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them. Maybe still have it kicking around somewhere. I better reread it to refresh my knowledge of this policy wonk and his magnum opus.

[RufusW]

Don't forget Schwarzenegger and Reagan, great minds of the 20th Century methinks.

[mises]

Partisanship. Awesome stuff.