Al Franken finally got certified to take his seat in the United States Senate when the Minnesota State Supreme Court voted unanimously to recognize his election victory by 312 votes. For once, Norm Coleman knew when to quit, and he graciously conceded. Now Democrats are under pressure to deliver with a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, but on major legislative items like health care, where there's a bipartisan impetus to get something done, that shouldn't be a problem.
Sonia Sotomayor's bid to take a seat on the Supreme Court suddenly got easier as well, for not only are the Republicans unable to stop her with a filibuster, Franken will sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee - here, during the Sotomayor hearings, more comedy will be provided by Jeff Sessions than by Franken.
Meanwhile, acting on George Walker Bush's timetable, President Obama had the military hand over control of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities to the Iraqi army. U.S. troops will for now remain in the areas outside the cities but still get involved on the Baghdad and other urban areas in case of further trouble.
Typical of Americans to move to the suburbs and ignore the cities except for their own interests.
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