Sen. Franken? Oh, My..

[Mercy me]

[quote name='eagle_eye222001' post='1906614' date='Jun 30 2009, 07:04 PM']Hope and pray the democrats get overconfident and come crashing down in 2010 and in 2012.[/quote]

All politics is local. By and large people do not associate the negatives of Washington with their own Representative who they tend to think is good.

[eagle_eye222001]

[quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1906623' date='Jun 30 2009, 07:29 PM']I honestly don't think it will be much different.[/quote]


[quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1906625' date='Jun 30 2009, 07:31 PM']Fillibuster proof mean its easier for the GOP to point the finger at the Dems come election time; although they are happy to go along with the Socialists with the "D" after their name anyway.[/quote]

Sadly, probably, correct.

[quote name='Mercy me' post='1906877' date='Jun 30 2009, 11:40 PM']All politics is local. By and large people do not associate the negatives of Washington with their own Representative who they tend to think is good.[/quote]

I would agree with that idea.

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[mommas_boy]

[quote name='Mercy me' post='1906877' date='Jun 30 2009, 11:40 PM']All politics is local. By and large people do not associate the negatives of Washington with their own Representative [b]who they tend to think is good[/b].[/quote]

*raises hand*

... but I'm from Illinois ...

[rhetoricfemme]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1906620' date='Jun 30 2009, 05:19 PM']Filibuster proof means he can fast track Justices, judges, etc.[/quote]
This is what scares me. I don't want to wake up one day and find that something has been pushed through that I didn't even know was on the table. It might be that I'm being a little naive, but that was my first thought when I realized that Franken makes it officially 60:40.

Edited July 1, 2009 by rhetoricfemme

[Lounge Daddy]

[quote name='Mercy me' post='1906387' date='Jun 30 2009, 04:06 PM']So, it seems that crime pays and if you get more votes than there were voters you can become a senator. ...[/quote]

The guys up top within the partyarchy decided a while ago that Franken is the winner. If they need to "find" some extra votes to make it look legit, they'll do it. Socialism is the name of the game, and Franken is just more willing to play the yes-man than the other guy.

[Lounge Daddy]

Still, wouldn't have been all that different if [i]Franken[/i] hadn't won. This will just make it more fun for the Republicrats with the "R" after their name to point fingers.

[Hassan]

[quote name='Mercy me' post='1906387' date='Jun 30 2009, 04:06 PM']So, it seems that crime pays and if you get more votes than there were voters you can become a senator. The supreme court of MN has ordered that Al Franken be certified as the winner of November's election. How embarrassing for all of us in this country.[/quote]


Only sad out there in Rush land