At last, an environment where Michele Bachmann does not seem crazy

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Rep. Bachmann, I’ll see your “one fair judge” and raise you three fair judges, appointed by a DFLer, a GOPer, and an Independent.

In other political news, the Senate Republicans appear to be conceding Norm’s seat to Al Franken.

 

The major sticking point of the lengthy and sometimes difficult ratio negotiations — whether to count the still-unresolved Minnesota Senate election as a Democratic pickup — appears to have been resolved in Democrats’ favor.

Stabenow said the ratios she disclosed Tuesday assume Democrats will enjoy an effective 59-41 edge in the Senate as a whole, a margin the party would achieve only if they win Minnesota.

Democrats pushed for ratios that assume that Democrat Al Franken won the Minnesota election, a concession Republicans until now were unwilling to make. Franken led former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman by 225 votes after an exhaustive recount, the state Canvassing Board announced last week.