Who Throws a Shoe?
2 comments December 14th, 2008
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Norm Son-of-a-Gunderson
The Franken campaign got three successive pieces of good news yesterday, and it seems overwhelmingly likely that they will win the recount under the standards currently established. The Coleman campaign’s only real recourse is to fight it out in the courts (and they just filed suit with the SC of Minnesota). While this will inevitably draw out the process, I don’t see them prevailing in court, barring a blatantly partisan ruling from the justices (I believe 6 of them were appointed by Republican governors, and the other was appointed by The Body).
It’s hard to gin up excitement for these kind of things among non-political junkies, but I think this will make a significant difference in the Senate. It’s also one of the few outcomes I’ve predicted successfully, although I counted eggs just there and probably jinxed it.
Franken is really not the crazy outrageous guy people make him out to be. Check out a great profile by the Atlantic here. And for more proof that Franken is not a fringe pol, check out this article in Slate by Jon Chait, of the depressingly conventional and moderate New Republic. And here’s Minnesota wise man Garrison Keillor on Norm Coleman, Franken’s opponent. In a way this is a blessing for Coleman, because it frees him up to deal with possible corruption charges and indictments, which often turns out to be a full-time gig.
For those interested, the alternate title for this post was “I Should Have Bought Intrade Stock When Franken Was in the 30s”.
2 comments December 13th, 2008