VP Biden: "The President and I look forward to working with Mr. Franken"

[HopeOverFear]

From the White House Blog:

The Vice President met with Al Franken this afternoon, and released this statement afterwards:

"The election process and recount in Minnesota have lived up to the state's reputation for organization, transparency, and bipartisanship. The officials have been meticulous and every ruling has been unanimous.

"While Senator Amy Klobuchar is one of the hardest working members of the United States Senate, Minnesotans deserve their full representation.

"Once the Minnesota Supreme Court has issued its final ruling in this case, the President and I look forward to working with Mr. Franken on building an economy for the 21st century."

[av8rdave]

1. It will be about &^%$ing time!

[Dinger]

34. No Shit

'bout time indeed!

[WheelWalker]

2. A BIG k&r for Al

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

3. Man, would I ever like to hear that conversation.

Whoa.

[vaberella]

4. Now I have to wonder if Specter's statement a set-up. Lately everything seems a set up

so the O admin comes out ahead. Huh!! I love them..but their masterminds.

[ClarkUSA]

7. Team O always comes out smelling like roses. Poor Arlen. His head's still spinning.

[ClarkUSA]

5. That is one humongous lock on the door. Why do they need something like that?

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Entrance to Cheney's former underground lair?

You'd want to keep that locked as much as possible. From the outside.

[ClarkUSA]

20. lol! Not quite. But it's something off-limits to the grandkids, that's for sure.

[Cha]

17. I had to go back..

I didn't even notice..but, YEAH, it's gigantic!

[ClarkUSA]

21. I've been remodelling so I guess that's why I noticed.

;)

[Clio the Leo]

22. I think it's kinda near a main entryway....

See the white thingy sticking out from the left side of this pic? The door is near that.



Joe the Hottness and Soon-to-be-Senator Franken are facing North. If you look closely, you can see the fireplace their backs are against.

And this pic shows the white thingy leads to the parking lot...

[Jennicut]

24. I love these diagrams of the of the WH. Joe has a nice sized office. LOL.

Al and Joe together, two of my favorite Dem guys. I really hope this man is seated soon.

[Clio the Leo]

25. But apparently it's smaller than his Senate office. NT

[Jennicut]

26. Ha ha! I remember that from 60 minutes. Joe inherited in 1988 from another Senator.

I think his name was John Stennis and he retired. He was against civil rights while Joe came in being for it. Another one his stories. :) I wonder who has that office now. Its in the Russell building, which is supposed to be the cool one every Senator wants to get into.

[Touchdown]

37. The Russell building is the older, classic office building.

The Hart building is the modern one. 8 or 9 floors up with an atrium of a hanging sculpture in the middle. Hart is very classy. Russell looks like an old gov office to me.

[ClarkUSA]

33. Thanks for the graphic. Where'd you find it?

[AtomicKitten]

6. I hope Franken has seniority over Specter. n/t

[crazylikafox]

14. He should. He's been a Democratic Senator longer than Specter.

LOL

[Lex]

27. Zing!

:thumbsup:

[PBS Poll-435]

8. What I don't get is the timed support of Al Franken during the actual election.

Besides Amy Klobuchar and the Clintons...

[rvablue]

10. This is good news. Franken needs to be seated ASAP especially

given the report that the President is getting close to a pick for the SCOTUS.

One more vote and positive voice will only help.

And I can imagine that Franken will be all over the teevees the day he is seated -- he's an excellent communicator and it will be another positive.

[liberal N proud]

11. And when will that be?

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. When do you suppose Franken will actually be seated?

[scrappydo]

29. Seems to me, I heard on MSNBC....

although, sorry, I do not remember the guest, but he said that Franken would be seated in the next couple of weeks. One can only hope!

[scarletwoman]

38. The MN Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on June 1. Their ruling should come within

a couple weeks after that.

sw

[Hellataz]

13. haha, what a kick in Norms teeth that they don't even entertain the idea that Franken could lose

[mzmolly]

15. I read that Franken's attorneys will ask the court to rule that Pawlenty must certify

upon their final ruling. :toast: to my new Senator.

[Cha]

19. I guess it's up

to your republicon governor then?

[mzmolly]

28. True, unless he's ordered by the courts to certify.

In which case, it's no longer up to him. ;)

[argonaut]

30. If Pawlenty is ordered to seat Al Franken

... he pretty much has no choice. He could refuse, I guess, but the House could impeach him for that.

[Cha]

16. Good pic of the two

and props to Senator Amy Klobuchar for doing the workload of two.

[Muttocracy]

18. I wonder if they had ever met before? Hope Al has a house/apt picked out! nt

[Cha]

32. I'm guessing

Al has thought ahead to those details that will be a necessary part of his being the Senator.:)

[Doctor_J]

23. Obama will be out of office before the GOP lets Franken be sworn in

No one is holding them to the law on torture. Why would anyone make them obey election law?

[avaistheone1]

31. Good question.

[Inuca]

35. In other words: forget about the SC, Norm! n/t

[TheKentuckian]

36. I'm looking forward to them working with Al as well.

Norm Coleman makes me so mad I can spit venom laced nails.

[polichick]

39. Now THAT'S a sweet picture!

[ailsagirl]

40. Amen!!

[gauguin57]

41. The Al Franken Decade will finally begin!

Wooo hoo!