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changing my screen name to see if it helps getting my comments posted,

Of course "Some republican guy" isn't a Republican. He's poking fun at the Republicans who still demand to see Obama's birth certificate. If you're a Republican, he's mocking you (or at least the birth certificate fringe in your party). As you pointed out, the whole birth certificate thing is absurdly ignorant and lacking common sense. In other words, it was a joke. See also: sarcasm.

Congratulations Senator Franken.

It's about darn time he give it up!!!!! GOODBYE!

HoooooRaaaaaaay..........

FIREWORKS !! CELEBRATIONS !!!!!

@Bill in denver June 30th, 2009 5:20 pm ET
Clinton didn't resign why should the governor/ this is between the governor his wife and the sate everyon should stay out of it
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I agree except for the point that Mr Sanford lead one of the many GOP crusades to impeach Clinton over what he was doing in his private life in order to bring integrity back to the White House. So, he needs to resign or else he is exactly like all those other GOP hypocrits out there. All those do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do Republicans need to just shut their mouths and stop worrying about what happens in people's private lives and bedrooms.

It's about time! Only took him 8 months and multiple court decisions to finally concede.. how gentlemanly of him

"Now, Democrats will have NO REASON not to pass the health care reform…." – VIKTOR

Unfortunatly Viktor, the Dems don't act like the Republicans and "get in-line"... The Democratic Patry has conservatives, moderates and liberals – the GOP just has crazy people who do whatever they are told by large corporations!

As for the idiots crying "socialism" every chance they get – I agree, lets get rid of all social programs – fire all the police, dismantle the military, rip up your grandmother's Social Security checks, empty the prisons, etc... LOL! Thank God you NeoCons are all irrelevant now.... but keep crying, that is your right after all!

Gee, it's about time.

Good bye, good luck...and good riddens!

Took him long enough.

With Franken that makes 60. Now maybe the democrats can stop the GOP effort, led by GOP Sen Grassley of Iowa, to RAISE TAXES on middle class health insurance benefits instead of having a public option that will keep insurance companies honest. It looks like the GOP would rather RAISE TAXES on middle class Americans to protect the obscene profits of insurance companies than give Americans a real choice.

Will Franken hold a seance to thank the people that voted for him?

finally the American people's vote has spoken , not the lies of the hypocrite's

Now, Democrats will have NO REASON not to pass the health care reform....

@ Some Republican Guy

LOL. I thought your post was funny....I guess a lot of people don't understand satire...
Thanks for the laugh!

Michael June 30th, 2009 4:26 pm ET
So republicans are evil because they listen to what the supreme Court of the State said unlike Gore who cried all the way up to the federal Supreme Court.################
Ummm.... you have it backwards. The Florida Supreme Court came down on the side of Gore. It was Bush who then took it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

So long, Norm, this is what you get for being a Republican. Hopefully, you will fade into the sunset, unlike Darth Vader.

Michael wrote:

So republicans are evil because they listen to what the supreme Court of the State said unlike Gore who cried all the way up to the federal Supreme Court.

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Actually, Bush was the petitioner to the Supreme Court. That means he and those backing him filed the suit. Not Gore. So Coleman followed the GOP playbook in going to court, and I'm actually surprised he isn't going to file in federal court. Let's see what Rush and the other talk heads accuse him of tomorrow.

Congratulations to Al Franken. I'm glad Mr. Coleman conceded without further appeals. Congratulations to the state of Minnesota.

About time. Shame on Republicans for standing in the way of the democracy and trying to suppress how the good people of Minnesota had spoken with their votes.

One down, Bachman to go.

what is it with America and polls? If we had always been guided by polls we'd probably still be subjects of merry old England, Lincoln would never have freed the slaves and Armstrong may never have set foot on the moon. We'd surely be a different landscape.

Now that Coleman is un-employed, he can find out first hand the results of 8 years of GOP control have done to this country... good luck finding a job and maybe you should thank the Dems for those un-employment benefits you will have...

What is really funny is that now Coleman will have to buy his own health insurance... get ready for some serious sticker shock... hahaha... bet Coleman will be voting Democrat in 2010 after a few years of just being an average American!

OK, that was waaaayyyyy too easy, I bet someone caught Coleman at the airport arriving from Argentina!

Norm, better late than never. You can be proud that you carried on the neo-con tradition of wasting taxpayers money without conscience.

I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me! Yeah Al Franken!!!! Goodbye Norm Coleman and good riddence!

You know, we keep criticizing other countries on their elections, telling them to re-run elections, act outraged if some court figures interfere, etc, etc. The US itself doesn't allow international monitors, most public offices don't even have run-off elections, and every election we have half a dozen winners decided by courts. Is it just me, or is that complete hypocrisy?

About time this comes to an end.

@leon June 30th, 2009 4:55 pm ET
this is a democracy and we accept results even when stolen but Franken should remembered that he won by 0.002% and that there is a big part of Minnesotans voters that do not think that he represents our state at its best
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There are more people in MN that don't think Coleman represents us. Think about it. When an incumbent can't get a majority of the votes against two opponents, he clearly is not what the voters want.

Franken who supports increasing taxes is a tax dodger. If you like gutter politics Franken is your man.

Maybe Coleman, Pawlenty, Katherine Harris can go work for Ahmadinejad in Iran as election supression consultants now.

I think Coleman FINALLY got the memo: George is longer in DC ..... Norm needs to go to Texas to get his nose browned now.

Congratulations Al, I knew you'd come out on top eventually. Have a nice day!

Minnesota got what it deserved.

This still doesn't make up for the stolen election of 2000 where Gore had 300,000 more popular votes than Bush did. The US is still the only western democracy where the person who gets the most number of votes can still lose! And we criticize others for their elections? Ha!

To 'Some Republican Guy',

You're too funny. There were people here who actually took you seriously, especially the righties. Now THAT put a grin on my face, good job.

There really isn't much to celebrate. Coleman was a partisan hack with no ideas of his own. Al Franken is the liberal version of Ann Coulter, a divisive partisan hack who thinks that repeating his own talking points over and over makes for an argument. I wouldn't want either candidate to hold ANY public office whatsoever!

Democrats steal another election. What what a reflection of the people of Minnesota to vote in such a schmuck as Al F.

This moron is another liberal, welfare endorsing, tax and spend fool.

Well, we this is the idea of fools in Washington.

this is a democracy and we accept results even when stolen but Franken should remembered that he won by 0.002% and that there is a big part of Minnesotans voters that do not think that he represents our state at its best

thank God, now please get your dam teeth fixed

@ LARRY -

Let the democrats lead the country to success? How do you define that? I mean, what exactly did Obama tell you to say?

It's about time! Coleman should have given up ages ago and just dealt with it. What a waste of time and money. Once again, dems are the voices of reason and the winners

@ changing my screen name to see if it helps getting my comments posted June 30th, 2009 4:25 pm ET

Ok, 'some republican guy', 'typical republican guy' or whatever other screen name you want to use I'm fed up with your rediculous posts. Everyone knows you are a Democrat. Anyone with a positive IQ can see that all of your posts are so absurdly ignorant and lacking common sense and would never believe you actually are a Republican.

Do you seriously not have anything better to do with your life?

Uhhhhh . . . . it's called sarcasm. Funny . . . all of us Democrats got it.

Dutch/Bad Newz, VA June 30th, 2009 4:09 pm ET
HALLELUJAH. Can you say fillibuster proof majority?
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Dutch, i can say fillibuster proof majority. I can also say the "blame Bush" era is offically over! You have the power, you also have the responsibility! Not sayin' the republicans were anything special either, they weren't!

Congratulations, Jubilations, Celebrations..............

We want the World to know We’re happy as can be.

America is Free from the Republican Tyranny and Curse.

Thank God this idiot Coleman realizes he didn't win or was he about to be exposed like the rest of his buddies.

Larry said: Let the Democrats lead the Country to Success…..

I say, dream on. At the rate they're spending and imposing unread, unresearched mandates we'll soon be living in a nightmare.

Congratulations to my daughter . . . a "crazy, liberal, democrat" citizen of Minnesota who's been denied full representation in congress for way too long!

classless . . . finally.

Finally! Now let's get some real work done!

Ha! HA!

Coleman? Now, go join Katherine Harris in political obscurity:)

Kevin in Ohio-

It is no longer Bush's fault? I thought our new president was taking his responsibilities seriously, and doing quite well.

However, I think the people of the United States will never forget the ineptness of the Bush/Cheney leadership. Just like most disasters, "W" will be remembered for a long time.

thank you and good bye.

Why not! Most of the Country is drinking "democratic spiked kool-aid" these days! Welcome to the after party! Sorry, it took so long! Now you can have your seat at the table!

This is more unexpected news than any of the recent celebrity deaths. Coleman accepting defeat? Wow.
By the way, Kevin in Ohio, you say "no longer Bush's fault." I hadn't realized that any of you cons ever admitted it was his fault in the first place. Congratulations.

I hope "some Republican" is joking about Franken's nationality. For the record, Franken is Jewish, just like Norm Coleman. But if he were Mexican, he would still be the intelligent, thoughtful political commentator he is. This is America, right?

Republicans who dismiss him as "just a comic" haven't listened to his well informed radio commentary on a range of topics. They also had no problem voting for "body builder actor" Schwarzzeneger, or "grade B actor" Ronald Reagan.

What a piece of crap. A true republican dirt bag wasting millions of tax payers dollars because he could.This had nothing to do with what was right and everything to do with the arrogance of the republican party.They make you want to puke.

bye bye obstructionist repubs

Well, it's official – Obama can create his socialist united states of america. No one can stop him. Hope everyone is ready for the nightmare of the nanny state under the far left liberals who now have total control.

Thank goodness, it's only another year and a half until the mid-terms. The dems have already overreached, and by then, there will be no chance of a reelection.

Just doing my part to annoy conservatives, religous fanatics, and corporate ghouls. Are you?

YIPPIE!!!!!! This is the best news I've heard all day.

Finally!

So, you can't be funny *and* smart? Why?

Okay, Republicans, settle down, now... stop with this nonsense that the Democrats have a "filibuster-proof" majority. That's only on paper and in theory. The truth is, they have exactly the minimum number they need to make a filibuster-proof majority... provided that EVERY single Democrat is on board with whatever they are trying to pass through. How often do you really think that's going to happen? Remember, there is such a thing as a "liberal" Democrat and a "conservative" Democrat, and they're not all going to agree on the same things. If the Democrats held 70 or more seats, I'd agree with you and say, yes, they have enough seats to pass whatever they like. But 60? There will be very few bills passed that every last Democract in the Senate will agree on voting for. So relax... the debates and filibustering aren't over.

Heavens! A majority in the Senate! Who will protect us from Liberals, Educated People, Progressives and people who do not consider hate a food group? We are doomed, hoplessly doomed. Lions and tigers and bears oh my.

But wait! Who is that sinister looking figure behind the curtain with an evil grin on his face? Its the Wizard of Halliburton! There is hope that the world will once again be safe for the Flat Earth Society!

Coleman is an example of why lawyers make so much money. how much did he spend to lose and election and a court battle? I wonder what he'll do now...run for governor? If Pawlenty runs for Pres in 2012 he might have a chance...how ever slim it might be.

Does this mean coleman will be collecting unemployment?

to "some repulican guy"...Franken is obviously a German name. There is nothing about it that even remotely sounds Mexican.

FORMER republican, NEVER again!
Do you really think people take your posts serious when you write such ignorant comments. Either you are very young or just a hyper-partisan fool. Either way please stop wasting our time.

I cant wait until Coleman starts hitting the talking head TV shows. We need someone in the Senate to help out with the smack downs. Barney Frank is great at it but he's only a congressman, and the voice takes getting used to.

YIPPEE! Everyone, say it together, Senator Franken!

@Kevin in Ohio- "no longer Bush's fault."
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So your arguement follows a certain kind of GOP logic that I have been finding curious as of late. If the Dem's have 60 seats in the Senate then everything and anything that had happened to this beloved country because of that A$$ Bush and his cronies is no longer their fault and is now, apparently, the entire fault of the Obama Administration. Like if Obama did nothing the system was going to correct itself.

You guys are incredible! INCREDIBLE I tell you!!!

yeah!! one more democrat for us.

And yet another GOPasaurus bites the dust. Bye, bye Normie!

some republican guy (4:15).

Actually it's Austrian, to America by way of Rumania. Somewhere along the way it was shortened and the suffix 'stein' was removed.

"The Supreme Court has spoken, I will respect its decision, and abide by its results," because I pretty much don't have a choice after my tactics of stalling, whining, suing and throwing up any roadblock I could think of didn't work.

Kevin in Ohio June 30th, 2009 4:13 pm ET

"OK, liberals, its over and Coleman has graciously conceded..."

Graciously conceded?!?!

That's what you call the last eight months??

A gracious concession??

And you wonder why the voters say Republicans are out of touch..

Coleman finally did the right thing. Watch for him to be denounced by Limbaugh and the rest of the loony right noise machine.

With no checks and balances in the Senate, this is a bit worrisome. Hopefully, the Senate will look at the issues like they should and not play the political games.

To the posters who continually call Republicans names, get some help. If you really want CHANGE, look in the mirror and start with yourself. Spewing hatred at others is not change, just more of the same.

This whole thing was ridiculous. Norm Coleman should never be elected to public office again. What a waste of money.

Only took how long 8 months.. not a bright guy... but sure loyal to his party... not the the citizens though.

Re: Kevin in Ohio

How does Franken's drawn out victory erase 8 years of Bush/Cheney catatrophe and 30+ years of Reaganomics?

You almost seem eager to blame our new commander-in-chief.

Thank God! Finally..Some sense. All the Republicans attacked Gore for daring to challenge his loss for a month. Yet these same Republicans supported Coleman's six month journey. More hypocrisy from the Republicans. Wow , what a surprise!!

Ross Coleman is a Minch! More power with u bro...u did the right thing!!! Good luck. Run again next time!

Finally this man shows a slight bit of integrity by finally saying he will not contest this any further. For over five months Minnesota has been without representation by two sensators becaurse of this man's arrogance.

So republicans are evil because they listen to what the supreme Court of the State said unlike Gore who cried all the way up to the federal Supreme Court.

Rush Limbaugh..... Your Party is all Done.

Shut down you talk show now..... Have some shame..... Shut up now.....

Let the Democrats lead the Country to Success.....

Come on now folks!!! President can't and will not be able to do what ever he wants. 60 Senate seats does not give him fool proof rule over anything. He has his job cut out for him any way you slice it.

There are those on the right that will say NO to anything he does. There are those on the left who thinks he is not going far enough.

Finding a middle ground is just as hard as being on the far left or right. He will never be able to please everyone.

A fillerbuster proof majority will take at least 70 in the Senate. If you done believe, take a look at the energy bill passed in the House last week, it was almost a lost.

The left-wing Hate continues to amaze me....... this country is now in real serious trouble.

With more Democrats and fewer Republicans in the Senate we'll finally get good legislation like the CARD (Credit Card Accountability Responsibility & Disclosure) Act, which stops predatory and abusive lending practices, and maybe, just maybe, we'll get something close to the House’s Waxman-Markey Bill, which proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 17% by 2020 and 83% by 2050 from 2005 levels.

Hurrah!

We're counting on you Senator Franken!

Ok, 'some republican guy', 'typical republican guy' or whatever other screen name you want to use I'm fed up with your rediculous posts. Everyone knows you are a Democrat. Anyone with a positive IQ can see that all of your posts are so absurdly ignorant and lacking common sense and would never believe you actually are a Republican.

Do you seriously not have anything better to do with your life?

A good repub doesn't concede he finds some way to take the election away.Poor repubs, loooooser's!

Hurray!

Another idiot Democrat in the Senate, no wonder this country is going down hill. However in 2010 the Republicans will be back in control to save the day.

I'm glad my guy won, but next time, have a run off election like other states do.

So symbolic of the GOP, that they cannot grasp the situation at hand until smacked over the head with it. Well, here's your sign: wake up! you lost!!!

Its about time and YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO The Dems have their 60 seats RIP GOP!

It is definitely about time. What a waste of money and time.

Coleman has done nothing but concrete the fact that the GOP is a complete waste of time and money. His concede should have been months ago when he actually lost the election.

Republican Party ........

GONE.......

Bye Bye

Hasn't Congress called it quits for 2009?

Done and done.

Congratulations Senator Franken!

Is Coleman a typical Republican, or what?

Btw, Ensign should be removed from office for the way he doubled his mistress’s salary during his affair with her, according to federal election documents, & then fired her when the affair ended. A person like that should not have the power of a United States Senator or be a holder of any other office that allows him to make decisions about how we allocate our country’s resources.

FINALLY!!! Good times

What a great day this is. Obama can do whatever he wants to now. To hell with the GOP!!!!

Isn't it funny that the party that's always saying country first didn't tell this guy to concede months ago I guess you can't expect much from the party of no.

Great, now we have a funny man representing the people. Frankly, folks we deserve exactly what we are getting !!!

This is one of the MANY reasons I have left the republican party and i will NEVER return, they are immoral and could care less about ordinary citizens. They are for themselves and the rich only. They say they are pro life yet love guns, war, support the death penalty and hunt. They say they are for small gov yet want to tell you what to do with your body and whom you can and cannot marry. They say they are fiscally responsible yet they have bankrupted and crippled this economy. coleman is just another typical republican. NEVER again!

Much ado about nothing.

Finally, it is about time for this to end. I can't believe that this has gone on this long. I just hope that the governor signs off on this as soon as possible so that there can be a full Senate.

coleman had reached the point where he couldn't win, even if he wins.

Wow! I thought this would never end!

I want to see Al Franken's birth certificate! What kind of a name is Franken anyway? It sounds Mexican or something. Have a nice day!

If you're ever feeling down about losing, Norm, just look in the mirror and tell yourself, "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"

You'll feel better in no time.

Thank goodness they counted 110% of the votes!

oh...wait... hmmmmm

It's about time! The good people of MN went TOO long without their second US Senator over this obstructive nonsense. It is finally coming to a conclusion.

Congratulations Senator Franken.

OK, liberals, its over and Coleman has graciously conceded and Pawlenty will sign the papers. Much the same as Al Gore finally graciously conceded in 2000. The process works. Now the dems have their 60-seat filibuster proof majority. Its all on you now. No excuses. No longer Bush's fault.

Sen. Norm Coleman – Thank you the Republicans party don't need no more drama.

He must be broke. hahahahahheheheh Good bye repuke and good riddance! See rethuglicans, this is one reason why your party is evil.

How about fighting it all the way U.S. superem court?

GO LANDSLIDE AL !!!!!

Franken is very smart, a good progressive AND he drives Republicans absolutely NUTS. I love the guy!

Another Democratic clown in the senate...

Now that is news. I thought the man would be camped out on the Capitol lawn by now.

This is a good thing. It's good for Minnesota and it's good for the country. Now if South Carolinians could get their act together, we'd be in business.

He's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it, people like him...

Good stuff..........How will the GOP react now?

It's about time!

WOw took you long enough... I dont think anybody should be applauding you Mr Coleman. Your selfishness has left the people of MN without proper representation guaranteed to the state by the constitution.

Better late than never. But FAR better never late!

Congratulations, Senator Franken! Now go kick some Party of No behinid!

Its about time.

HALLELUJAH. Can you say fillibuster proof majority?

What, that's it? YOU spent millions of dollars over this nonsense? GO AWAY Coleman you're DONE.