Al Franken as Senator and why not him?  Today the Minnesota Supreme Court  unanimously declared Al Franken as winner (pdf) and Norm Coleman has conceded.  This takes any pressure off the Governor who will sign the election certificate.

It's been a long time coming but it is looking like any day now we might start the Al Franken Decade (well, Senate terms are actually only six years).   Franken is the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labour Party Candidate (there is no simply "Democratic Party" in Minnesota) and he took on former Democrat, now Republican, Norm Coleman in what is now Minnesota's longest ever election.