The Democrats can't get to 60 now, but they are at 56 Senate
seats (assuming they don't exile Joe Lieberman) with Alaska still
voting and both Minnesota and Oregon too close to call. So they
can still get close enough to make Mitch McConnell's job nigh
impossible. I haven't seen any exit polls from Alaska but the
other two states aren't yet out of reach. It looks like McCain
has held Obama to a less than 10-point lead in Minnesota, which I
predicted would bode well for Norm Coleman. My predictions
haven't always panned out, but I've been right more often than
not. I'm still holding to this one, though Coleman's margin is
razor-thin right now.
UPDATE: Obama's margin is currently at exactly 10, yet Coleman is
still just barely hanging on with 80 percent reporting.
Regarding Franken, I'd almost be tempted to say, "the worse the
better...bring him on!".
Except Biden somehow achieved an unassailable position as a
beloved and respected figure; and Pelosi and Reid have just been
rewarded for their overwhelmingly reviled leadership; and
Congressmen Frank and Murtha yet endure; and...
I just can't be confident that, in the current climate, even a
Senator Franken's antics and nastiness would wind up doing as
much damage to his own party as one might expect in a sane world.
Blog Goliard| 11.5.08 @ 1:16AM
Regarding Franken, I'd almost be tempted to say, "the worse the better...bring him on!".
Except Biden somehow achieved an unassailable position as a beloved and respected figure; and Pelosi and Reid have just been rewarded for their overwhelmingly reviled leadership; and Congressmen Frank and Murtha yet endure; and...
I just can't be confident that, in the current climate, even a Senator Franken's antics and nastiness would wind up doing as much damage to his own party as one might expect in a sane world.