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I think the public at large is going to be surprised by Al Franken. Many on the left that listened to him on the radio know what a detail, issue oriented guy he is. Others see him as a comedian that threw his hat into the political ring. Franken is extremely serious and well versed on the issues. In addition, the affection and admiration he held for the late Paul Wellstone dictate a reverance for the Senate seat he now holds which was Wellstones. He is a very smart man and that is going to surprise a lot of people that only know him by his comedic past.

Well, if both the Dems and the GOPers agreed to it, then please, someone explain what the issue is? This article = the media just trying to drum up controversy and spark anger in order fabricate "news" and get more clicks, etc., for their advertising masters.

Arlen flipped parties purely for political gain, really has a lot of resolve in his beliefs. Franken should have stayed on the stage.

Hatch is either asking loaded questions or repeatedly cutting Sotomayor off. He is not even interested in her answers.

The GOP's bigotry is transparent.

Uh, one of your stats is wrong. The Dems never had a 55-45 majority in the last senate, it was 51-49. Remember Jim Webb?

The real reason is it takes an unshakeable majority to sell out America and the libs that now control Congress want to make sure they have and they are doing it.

easiest way to settle this is just don't let the GOP in the door

Everything is now the responsibility of the dems. The economy, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,etc....

They will, of course, continue to blame Bush for the failing Obama policies of the left. Taking responsibility has never been a liberal standard.

Seven out of 12 is 58%. That's a pretty good reflection of the Dem/GOP split in the Senate as a whole. I find the word 'lopsided' and interesting way to describe it.

When you have the majority of the Senate, you expect to see a lopsided panel. If the shoe were on the other foot, I suspect their would be more republican senaotors on the committee.

The judiciary committee may juggle aroung some justifications for their erratic mumbo-jumbo. We believe that is part of human nature to question certain things in life in the legal locker-room.