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Vice President Joe Biden praised MN Senate hopeful Al Franken and the recount process at the White House yesterday.
From ABC News’ Jake Tapper
Vice President Biden met today at the White House with Al Franken to talk about the ongoing Minnesota Senate election and said it is time for Minnesotans to have a second senator.
“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,” Biden said in a statement. “While Senator Amy Klobuchar is one of the hardest working members of the United States Senate, Minnesotans deserve their full representation.”
The Minnesota Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for Norm Coleman’s appeal for the first week of June with a ruling anticipated a couple of weeks thereafter.
Biden indicated today that this will all end with the state Supreme Court ruling.
“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,” the vice president said.
Franken’s campaign said he updated the vice president on the latest in his race for the Senate seat and said the two talked about the Obama administration’s agenda and how it relates to the North Star State.
“Minnesotans are eager to see Congress make progress on the administration’s agenda – and I’m eager to do my part in that effort,” Franken said in a statement. “From investments in alternative energy to the expansion of high-speed rail to the Twin Cities, we have a lot to do to help Minnesota’s working families, and I was pleased to discuss these important issues with the Vice President.”
Biden is off the mark with respect to the election and the recount process being transparent and bipartisan. The numerous legal challenges only exposed the weakness in Minnesota’s election laws that will probably result in a tainted Franken victory.
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2 Comments for Biden Praises Franken, MN Recount Process
The disconnect between the way the 2000 presidential election went down and the way the 2008 Minnesota senatorial election is going down is pretty amazing.
I do think it’s ridiculous that somebody like Al Franken could become a Senator (as I was that Ventura could become a governor; Reagan a president; Bachmann a representative – and many others maybe even less likely to be elected) – and I really don’t like the guy – but – fuggeddaboudit already! Franken won!
After reading Jesse Ventura’s latest book you can bet Al Franken will try to continue some of Ventura’s programs and try to take credit for them. I am sorry Jesse Ventura finally decided against running for Senate. He said himself Al Franken is nothing but a carpetbagger.
We need more Jesse Venturas out there who arent afraid to speak the truth against tyranny..