Friday

Doesn’t seem to be much going on requiring my wholly unique perspective. Torture, the Minnesota election continues to drag on interminably, the Republicans are doing what they do best: obstructing the appointments of people with wholly mainstream views aided and abetted by their fellow traveler’s among the Democrats. I do not understand how a minority, after losing two consecutive election cycles, including a pretty stinging presidential defeat, continues to think that burrowing deeper into the conservative catechism is the way back on top.

But hey, it’s Friday, and you can even speed on the highway.

Minnesota- What's Going On Up There?

Apparently Minnesota Public Radio is posting some of the disputed ballots from the Franken-Coleman recount.

The recent election had just about renewed my general faith in the operation of democracy, and then I saw entry number 3, with the caption, "...poll workers blamed themselves for not better explaining the voting procedure, and noted that it would be difficult for someone to fill out a ballot more incorrectly."

For the most part, these are hilarious. But you have to wonder- why bother waiting in line to do this to a ballot...and why didn't I hear more about the Lizard People during the campaign?

Senate Seats Still Up For Grabs

More bad news for convicted felon and TPBP favorite Ted Stevens. According to Talking Points Memo, it’s looking more and more likely that Stevens will sadly lose his reelection bid to Mark Begich, saving the Senate the trouble of having to kick him out and the nation the nightmare of having Sarah Palin appoint herself to the Senate. Could she do that? It would be mavericky, so who knows.

In other one-vote-can’t-make-a-difference news, the Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman is still going into extra innings, despite Coleman’s attempts to get Franken to concede because, well, I’m not sure what Coleman was thinking with that.