So help me God, if Pawlenty doesn't sign and Reid doesn't seat Franken because of that...

[joeybee12]

....I am going to...I don't know, but I'll be angrier at the spinless Dem than ever before...I can just see Reid backing down if there isn't a certificate and the MSC did NOT order Pawlenty to sign...it said Franken was "entitled" to the certificate.

[baldguy]

1. We need a new Senate Majority Leader.

Especially now that we have 60 votes.

[joeybee12]

2. First job requirement...must have a spine...

...that rules out about 50 of them.

[Cleita]

3. They don't want the sixty. It takes away their excuse of not enough votes,

which is why Reid did nothing to help get him seated to begin with.

[joeybee12]

4. It's like they know they're gonna fail, so they like to have as many

excuses handy as possible.

[JDPriestly]

5. I think Pawlenty will sign. (No one has mentioned a stay for filing an appeal

to federal court, and besides, the Constitution delegates the authority to judge the elections to the Senate to the Senate itself, not to the Article III courts. That's how I understand the Constitution.

[joeybee12]

6. You're right...and in the past in disputed elections such as this, the

presumed winner was seated with the caveat that if there is a change, that person would be removed...Al coulda been in the Senate for a few months now if Reid had stood up to the bullies...as usual he backed down.

[elocs]

7. At MN Public Radio I heard they believe Pawlenty will sign

because he does not want to place himself in the middle of a legal battle. I believe he will sign and also that Coleman will throw in the towel if he is interested in running for governor of MN.

[joeybee12]

8. I don't think Coleman has any staff left either...they've all moved on

the only thing that might hold it up is if the RNC wants to keep throwing money down a black hole.

[elocs]

9. I heard that not only is Coleman broke, he must also pay some of Franken's legal expenses. n/t

[joeybee12]

10. Yes, the court ruled about him paying Franken's legal bills about

two weeks ago, I think...not the SC...one of the lower courts.