Congrats to Senator Franken

About time.

Here's the long awaited decision. It was a 5-0 non-split. The ruling says nothing about any problems with voting dead goldfish.

The order only says Franken is entitled to the certificate of election. It doesn't actually order Pawlenty to sign it. That could become interesting, but if Pawlenty doesn't certify him now, it's going to look really bad and high time for Minnesotans to take to the streets in green t-shirts.

The lesson here is that any Democrat who thinks he or she really won should pursue all good evidence. Franken could have easily backed down early when the media was calling the race for Coleman. State law gave him an automatic recount, but there was a lot of pressure on him to back down. He didn't. Good for him.

Imagine what Harry Reid can do with 60 seats, maybe some real health care reform instead of that nonsensical public option wrapped up in a blanket of corporate welfare for insurance companies. I'm imagining what he'll throw away.