Democrats in Control in DC

Huff Radio, 07.10.2009

Al Franken in the Senate and the Democrats' now-60 seat majority, we thought we'd take this opportunity to sort through the differences between Democratic factions as the Obama revolution gets underway.

Dear Sen. Franken: The Terrorists (and Fox News) Win If You Stop Making Jokes

Ariel Gonzalez, 07.08.2009

Throughout your campaign and its aftermath, you went out of your way to not be funny -- please free your sense of humor from whatever black site it's been languishing in for the last two years.

Epic Disaster Politician And Other Second Acts In American Life

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein, 07.08.2009

Variety's Wilshire and Washington

We can't help but weigh in on the Sarah Palin epic disaster movie. It's a fantastic train wreck of a story, and we can't look away.

On Al Franken, Robert McNamara, and Running Against Joe Lieberman

Alec Baldwin, 07.07.2009

Actor

No, I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves.

July 6 2009 News Update

Richard Valeriani, 07.07.2009

Alaska Gov. Palin resigns, suggesting the media won't have Sarah to kick around any more. That's what you think, Sarah. Meanwhile tweets she's gone ...

The Franken Factor (and Counting to 60)

Juliette Powell, 07.06.2009

Author, Digital Media Strategist

As harsh as this may seem, maybe it is time for Ted Kennedy to resign from the Senate and let the Democratic Governor of Massachusetts appoint a healthy successor.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington, 07.05.2009

The GOP's Runnin' Off the Rails tour continued this week with Sarah Palin announcing she will resign, Mark Sanford admitting he "crossed lines" with multiple women (while providing an instant new slang term for sex: "crossing the ultimate line"), James Inhofe welcoming Al Franken to the Senate by saying, "We are going to get the clown from Minnesota," and John Boehner spending an hour on the House floor reading aloud portions of the landmark climate-change bill he labeled "a piece of shit." Also this week, U.S. troops in Iraq were finally cause for celebration, fireworks, and dancing in the streets of Baghdad. It turns out it was not our arrival in Iraq that was greeted with flowers and sweets but our departure. It's an agonizing lesson learned six years, $1 trillion, and 4,321 U.S. deaths too late.

Friday Talking Points [84] -- The Rockets' Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting In Air

Chris Weigant, 07.03.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

What separates humans from animals can be summed up as one simple thing -- the mastery of fire. Even "using tools" doesn't cut it anymore, as apes ha...

This Preposterous Week in Review: Michael Bay, Al Franken and Joe Jackson!

Paul Slansky, 07.04.2009

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

Al Franken Gets the Last Laugh

Abe Silk, 07.01.2009

Well the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" took what seemed like 10,000 years, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally ruled yesterday in a unanimous decision to certify Al Franken's election victory.

Why "60 Votes" Doesn't Matter (and 70 Wouldn't Either)

Jesse Berney, 07.02.2009

What keeps Democrats from accessing their inner Tom DeLay and ramming effective bills through when they clearly have the power to do so? They've got a bug. It's called bipartisanship.

What 60 Democratic Senate Votes Really Means: Welcome to the Age of Ben Nelson

Dan Sweeney, 07.01.2009

Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe lost a huge amount of power yesterday. The battle to get to 60 votes was focused primarily on them, but now the focus will be on moderate Democrats rather than moderate Republicans.

"That's Me, Al Franken"

Andy Ostroy, 07.01.2009

New York City-based political analyst

Will Andy Samberg be the first politician to run for U.S. Senator armed with an array of provocative digital shorts starring him and Justin Timberlake?

Poll: Majority of Minnesota Voters No Longer Remember Who They Voted For

Andy Borowitz, 07.01.2009

BorowitzReport.com

As newly anointed Minnesota Senator Al Franken prepares to take his seat in Washington, a new survey was published.

WATCH: Bill O'Reilly Reacts To Al Franken's Victory

Matthew Filipowicz, 06.30.2009

Comedian, Cartoonist, Satirist

We have obtained exclusive footage of Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly learning the news that Al Franken is, in fact, the next Senator from the state ...

WATCH: Congratulations, Senator Franken!

Lee Stranahan, 06.30.2009

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

NormDollar.com: Provide Norm Coleman with the Knock-Out Punch

Senate Guru, 07.07.2009

http://www.senateguru.com/

Due to Coleman's obstinance, progressives have raised over $140,000 assisting progressive candidates for Congress against the very Republicans whose Party leaders are keeping Coleman's appeals going.

Norm Coleman Raises $140,000 for Progressives -- Time for a Knock-Out Punch?

Adam Green, 07.06.2009

Co-founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Either we lay the pressure on thick now and get Coleman to concede when the next ruling comes, or he appeals again -- keeping Al Franken out of the Senate for potentially months more.

MN-Sen: I Don't Trust Tim Pawlenty

Senate Guru, 07.04.2009

http://www.senateguru.com/

At the very least, Pawlenty's reassuring words are not all that reassuring.

A Pandemic Worse than the Swine Flu

Patrick Takahashi, 07.04.2009

Swine flu, though, conjures dark images of your mortality. The communications industry, like CNN, saturates air time on such issues because they know people will watch.

Resurrecting Bush v. Gore

Nicholas Stephanopoulos, 07.02.2009

A victory for Coleman would entrench the equal-treatment principle that the Supreme Court opportunistically adopted in Bush v. Gore while striking a blow for fairer election practices.