really seemed strong to me when I read it (in my humble biased opinion).  That provision in the constitution making each house of Congress the judge of the elections of its members strips MN of subject matter jurisdiction quite explicitly.

the Senate has cover to seat Franken in the face of any legal challenges made by Coleman.

and that these wins in the deep south don't mean that the GOP is not a regionally confined and out of touch political party, then more power to them.

but that they were initially counted, wouldn't counting them as initially counted be the odds on favorite to prevail in court (or the Senate)?

In fairness, it is hard for an African American to win in Ohio.

Oh wait...

Part of a long answer that ends in a NO:

The Senate gave a standing O to a 7-time recently convicted felon who would have been expelled from the Senate on Tuesday had he not lost his reelection. The Senate is a dysfunctional morality-bending family that will not turn on its long term members regardless of a Senator's indiscretions (unless, of course, you try to have gay sex in a public restroom).

but R2k's transparency so that people like Jerome could parse its crosstabs, and the results of their polls give Kos' arguments the edge here.

Survey USA had wacko crosstabs on racial demographics in many states, but whose bottom lines were seen as the gold-standard through this election. Call them out too.

Makes her look like she's in a Picasso painting.

DINO, DINO, DINO

Like I said above, by claiming to be part of the Dem caucus, he makes GOP positions "bipartisan" by defecting.  Except he's not defecting, he's already a Republican in mind body and spirit.

against his own caucus over and over and over again.  He's the "bipartisan" to GOP positions. He's the Democratic perspective on Fox News. He is toxic.

This isn't revenge, it's strictly practical.  Take away his power and no one cares what he says.  If he goes to the GOP caucus, he'll be as relevant as Lamar Alexander or Judd Gregg, i.e. just one bad vote without a voice.

that they bash might band together to vote for the other guy/gal.

It's easy to tell them they just need to stick to a positive message, but they enjoy hating so much that I think they need a couple more disastrous election cycles to get the message.

I'm more worried about the Bloomberg types running third party aligning with Blue Dogs and intellectual conservatives.

http://www.openleft.com/showQuickHit.do? quickHitId=4896

He blew his "straight talk" reputation with lie after lie after lie in the media and in the public opinion, so that no one takes him seriously any more.  He has no economic message.  What's left for him other than praying for an external event?

...means any McCain surge would probably have to be the mother of all surges to overcome any Obama lead that is already in the bank.