Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Congressional Race Update

Here's a link from yesterday on dailykos covering some developments in the House and Senate races. Some pretty good news there for Democrats. In addition to the McConnel race (discussed below) Al Franken looks like he's rebounded nicely from a bad news cycle (it turned out he owed $70,000 in back taxes) and has pulled closer to Coleman. Norm Coleman is one of those "moderate" Republicans who talk about how they're moderate but really only break with the party on environmental issues and when their vote doesn't matter to the outcome. What's worse, he took Paul Wellstone's seat after his untimely death in a plane crash during the campaign. Paul Wellstone was truely a committed progressive. He was probably a damn sight more liberal than I, but he was so unabashedly honest and enthusiastic in his advocacy. It was really refreshing to have his voice in the senate. His being replaced by a war-approving lobbiest-loving Republican is an insult to Paul's legacy. I'd LOVE to see Al Franken in that seat. First, he's ... well come on! He's AL FRICKEN FRANKEN!! This is the guy that could draw a complete map of the US freehand and know the number of electoral votes each carried. He's really smart as hell.

Plus, he'd make CSPAN kill in the ratings.

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