Quote of the Day

MANIFESTO

After nearly eight months, millions of dollars in legal fees, two appeals
and a recount, GOP incumbent Norm Coleman conceded gracefully ...

—Time's spin on the Minnesotan's reluctant concession yesterday

I've gotta think the two parts of that sentence don't go together.

At any rate, while

Senate Democrats can celebrate the milestone they have dreamed of ever since the start of the last election campaign: a presumably filibuster-proof 60-vote majority in the U.S. Senate,

I'm not so sure the craven Harry Reid will know what to do with such a luxury. He certainly doesn't have what many consider a good track record up to this point.

UPDATE — I see that The Wall Street Journal accuses Mr. Franken of having "stolen an election." Somehow, I don't remember the paper being so discomfited in 2000 and 2004.