Good Grief, Minnesota

Minnesota. The endless Norm Coleman vs. Al Franken Senate race.

The essential point is this, Al Franken won the race but the Republicans -- certifiable scoundrels, each one -- are dragging their feet. Appealing forever, to the Supreme Court and beyond, if there is any beyond.

You wouldn't think it'd take this long to get one stupid election accomplished, but thanks to the sore losers in the Republican party -- who don't actually believe in democracy -- we may never see the end.

Today, though, assuming there will be an end, it potentially is closer than it was. They opened what are supposedly the last absentee ballots, and Al Franken picked up 100 and some more votes out of it than Coleman. So, going by memory, that means he wins by 312 votes.

But, alas, it's not over yet, because Coleman apparently has endless appeal options, and of course the loser will exercise each one of them, dragging it out beyond reason.

How strange it is, to go back to the day after Election Day, when Coleman was saying Franken should simply concede then. And Coleman even said he would concede, were he in Franken's position. Liar.