As a Democrat, I'm more embarrassed for Franken than ever. How on earth did Democrats in that state have to come to this? Just nominate a stapler, a toaster, or a hood ornament, call it Democrat, and it would've won in that election. Instead they had to prove some weird point that the right is so fucked up that even left wing nutjobs like Franken can win. Which is probably going to prove true, but was it a point really worth making?
Coleman should give it up already. He's pretty much destroyed any chance of continuing his political career through his petty refusal to accept defeat. Look for him to host a regional Fox News program soon.
Jesse Ventura is probably kicking himself for not coming out of seclusion and running against these two bozos.
Last I heard Republicans what to oust Michael Steel and make Coleman their RNC chair once all of the appeals are exhausted (which is going to take awhile since the RNC is paying most of Coleman's legal fees), although I doubt replacing one douche for another is going to help their images problems in the slightest.
Is Coleman black? Because if Republicans learned one thing from the election, it's that you need a black guy to win. (Seriously. I really doubt they learned anything else.)
The few black Republicans the RNC has are already calling for him to resign, including Ada Fisher and many in the RNC feel that he is going to alienate the RNC's strongest base which are white, male, Christian voters with his views on abortion (he said in an interview that it's an individual choice), gay marriage (he thinks it should be state decided issue), gun control, affirmative action, etc. In mind of the RNC it comes down to which is more important, securing the votes they already have or trying to MAYBE get a couple more. Whether or not they would get any significant increase in votes is a huge question mark in it's own right because of the way black Republicans are traditionally viewed by their African American peers.
While I may agree with this, the fact is he won the election and should be seated in the US Senate. If he proves to be as big a boob as he comes across as then he'll be replaced.
