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That's Senator Smalley to you

You watched him on “Saturday Night Live.” You listened to him on Air America. You loved him in Stuart Saves His Family. OK, maybe not that last one.

But now comedian-turned-liberal-pundit-turned-politician Al Franken is finally going to join the U.S. Senate. Everyone knew he’d won the race months ago, but incumbent Norm “Douchebag” Coleman had been hanging on the seat by his fingernails.

Well, the NYT has just reported that the Minnesota Supreme Court today returned a unanimous verdict in Franken’s favor and that Coleman has conceded. It only took him seven months.

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It’s hard to believe the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota remains undecided — but that may not be the case for much longer. The AP reports that the state’s canvassing board expects to declare a winner by Tuesday — the same day the new Congress is set to convene.

I’d stopped following the daily count a while back, but apparently Democratic comedian Al Franken has pulled ahead of GOP incumbent Norm Coleman — by a mere 50 votes! The last step in the recount is to go back over a box of previously rejected absentee ballots. Minnesota is officially the new Florida.

But wait! The latest news is that Republican senators are threatening to vote against seating Franken even if he is certified as the winner, at least until Coleman’s legal challenges have been exhausted. That seems kind of crummy.

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