So Harry Reid says he'll "try" to seat Al... Tough break, Mr. Franken. He better see if SNL needs some new writers.

Reid should've thundered that there is absolutely no possible way that Al Franken would ever darken the senate chamber. Then we could all rest assured that Al would be ready to work by 2 PM this afternoon.

Vic,

Or he could declare he's an Independent Democrat from the Minnesotans for Franken party, and he could chair a committee.

"We're going to try to seat Al Franken,"

There is no try. Only do, or do not.

Someone please tell Terry McAwful to get out of politics and stay. the hell. out. Please.

"Dawson described his entry into politics as a reaction against 1960s-era school busing policies, telling students: “Government reached into my life and grabbed me and shook me at the age of 15.�"

That doesn't sounds like he "opposed busing"; that sounds like he's complaining about

a) The government made him get on a bus and go to a school full of black kids.

b) The government put a bunch of black kids on a bus and forced him to sit with them in his own school.

Do the records show either way?

"We're going to try to seat Al Franken," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Wednesday.

It's funny to see that the first three posts had the exact same response as I did to the same quote. He's the Senate Majority Leader. He has 57 (8?) votes right now, there's widespread support for the President in his and Franken's party to pass very important legislation very soon, Franken has been certified by the state, why he thinks it's necessary or smart to float weakass trial balloons to stake out a position on this matter is truly remarkable.

Get rid of him. I'll support the Republican candidate (assuming they won't field a primary challenger against him) just to get rid of him. He's awful. Bill Frist wasn't this incompetent.

Ya gotta love Trippi!!

"Bill Frist wasn't this incompetent."

Plus, Frist could diagnose by video tape and dice up a cat quicker than any other Senator!

Reid needs to go. Can we just primary him? Can we let the GOP actually take the seat?

I don't understand what argument Reid can make to seat Franken after refusing Burris on the basis of proper certification. Even after the Illinois SC said they didn't need it, Reid still insisted on a notorized (or certified) copy of the Governor's order. He's not going to get that from the Minnesota Gov or SoS.

""We're going to try to seat Al Franken," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Wednesday."

I hope so, but I've learned to take anything Reid says with a grain of salt.

It can't be said enough...we need a new majority leader in the Senate.

I don't understand what argument Reid can make to seat Franken after refusing Burris on the basis of proper certification.

Well, one was appointed under unusual circumstances by a governor under indictment. The other received more votes than the other guy by the standards of a re-count, and as a result, the MN Canvassing Board certified the election results, and Franken the winner. Apples and oranges.

Reid blew the Burris thing from the start, of course, but he could at least point to Franken meeting the standard of the "people's will" or some bullshit.

I'm not even sure I believe everything I'm saying here, but it's certainly plausible to argue in favor of Franken. God, why do we have to do his job for him?

Just beating McAuliffe in the primary won't be enough. Trippi's got to get Moran to absolutely bury McAuliffe so deep in the old-politics shithole he'll never climb out.

Wooden stakes to the heart and a few silver bullets wouldn't hurt, either.

The Gilbride garbage disgusts me. NY needs a liberal Obamacrat, not a centrist Clintonite. She will be very vulnerable to a costly primary. Tired of being represented by centrists in a State that will not elect an R for dog catcher at this point.

"I get the sense that Trippi is looking forward to it:" S/B Joe trippi is salavating to go against another "Clintonite". Personally, I think McCaulliffe's face it that of backroom Democratic politics, and we need new, transparent faces to represent the party in the future.

Isn't the campaign over ? Doesn't the Campaign Roundup, if it is to continue, need a new title ?

"Dawson described his entry into politics as a reaction against 1960s-era school busing policies, telling students: “Government reached into my life and grabbed me and shook me at the age of 15.�"

Bullshit. According to Wikipedia, he was born the day after me. We turned 15 in 1971. How is that 60s-era? Wiki also says:

"Dawson traces his political interest to attending a Barry Goldwater speech in 1964, and first volunteered for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign.[1]"

Which is it?

Just beating McAuliffe in the primary won't be enough. Trippi's got to get Moran to absolutely bury McAuliffe so deep in the old-politics shithole he'll never climb out. -- Yellow Dog, @13:50

It may be difficult for Moran to "bury" McAuliffe in the primaries... If the NoVA and the south-western VA don't resolve their differences ahead of the time (we're pulling for Deeds, down heah, see?), it might end up being the classic case of "while two cocks are fighting, the third one walks off with the pullet".

"Dawson [...] first volunteered for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign.[1]" -- PaminBB, @ 15:32

At the tender age of 12? Volunteered as what? A bum-boy?

Bummer about Moran signing on Trippi. I like Moran, but I guess he'll just lose now. :-(