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• "Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat." - Bowser - 6/30/2009 6:54:16 PM
  • 60 - Buck Galaxy - 7/1/2009 3:57:09 AM
    • "Permanent majority" has a different ring to it now, doesn't it? (n/t) - TB - 7/1/2009 5:49:45 PM
      • Ordinarily a bad thing. Right now, necessary. - Bowser - 7/2/2009 4:18:34 AM
        • Incidentally... - TB - 7/3/2009 6:17:35 PM
        • Every tyranny in history was advertised by the tyrants as "necessary." (n/t) - TB - 7/3/2009 6:13:12 PM
      • No. (n/t) - Robert - 7/2/2009 4:02:43 AM
      • Seriously. Does anyone know where the phrase "Permanent majority" came from? Has someone other than TB used it lately? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/2/2009 12:45:45 AM
        • I believe it was Karl Rove. - ER - 7/2/2009 12:55:52 AM
          • That being the "different ring" point, of course. - TB - 7/2/2009 4:02:52 AM
            • If the Republicans want to win back the majority, what they have to do is become electable. - Mary Anne - 7/3/2009 12:33:59 AM
            • Your bitterness is showing - ER - 7/2/2009 10:36:32 AM
              • "A few years?" - TB - 7/3/2009 6:21:34 PM
            • "many years" is not the same as "permanent" - Robert - 7/2/2009 6:59:34 AM
      • Nope. It sounds just as destructive to democracy now as at any other time. - alcaray - 7/1/2009 8:24:24 PM
  • Well, well, well! "GOP's Coleman concedes, sending Franken to Senate." - Bowser - 6/30/2009 8:35:01 PM