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58. And now the seat will be contested in 2018 not 2020. There will be a special election...

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 12:32 PM

Dec 2017

like the recent one in Alabama for Sessions' seat.

In rushing to throw Franken under the bus, guess they didn't think of that.

Or that McConnell might not even seat the replacement Democrat by using the same spurious argument he did in not seating O's SCOTUS pick — "we'll let the people decide"— meaning the 2018 special election in which potential repug candidates are already lining up to run.

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Morning Joe crew slamming Gillibrand on Al Franken ouster [View all] njhoneybadger Dec 2017 OP

"There is a difference between murder and jaywalking." madaboutharry Dec 2017 #1

Calculated politics is what janterry Dec 2017 #6

Franken IS a calculating politician. 3/4 of our Democratic senate Hortensis Dec 2017 #10

Wrong, Franken wasnt going to resign, he asked for an ethics investigation to prove the allegations Bluepinky Dec 2017 #19

Bluepinky, Franken "stabbed" himself, although I prefer to Hortensis Dec 2017 #29

Maybe he would have been a tough opponent for 2020 presidential primaries meadowlark5 Dec 2017 #53

Thank you! LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #84

When you create a zero tolerance policy against all physical contact, or even the hint of it, Rustynaerduwell Dec 2017 #22

+1 dalton99a Dec 2017 #30

Franken's innocence could NEVER be proven, never will be. Hortensis Dec 2017 #34

Thanks for your extended and persistant comments. In the long run it was the best of poor choices riversedge Dec 2017 #38

Happy solstice. More sunshine every day. Hortensis Dec 2017 #40

Good point. SharonClark Dec 2017 #76

Another wedge to divide Democrats. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #23

No, Franken didnt choose to resign, he was forced to. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #33

I'm not going to pay anymore attention to this divisiveness. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #41

Gillibrand backstabbed Franken, hes too nice and didnt bash anyone back. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #56

Yep. Gullibility and ambition, not a good combination. She fell for the repug hit job and was... brush Dec 2017 #54

EXACTLY Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #60

"She apparently cant tell the difference between sexual abuse and a right wing hit job." LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #86

Well, I hope her Democratic colleagues are more loyal to her than she was to Franken. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #89

Thank you. SharonClark Dec 2017 #79

I disagree...it was a safe seat and this was a GOP hit job...there shoul d have been an Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #27

Agree mountain grammy Dec 2017 #80

He was asked to resign because Minnesota has a Democratic Governor Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #48

And now the seat will be contested in 2018 not 2020. There will be a special election... brush Dec 2017 #58

I don't agree. itsrobert Dec 2017 #81

And, they didnt even have to have his back. spooky3 Dec 2017 #90

Agree 100%. dae Dec 2017 #12

Still not in love with those 2, because THEY were sucking up to fatso. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #82

I do dislike Morning Joe on this he has a point. gordianot Dec 2017 #2

Bottomline: Gillibrand DeminPennswoods Dec 2017 #3

She made a political miscalculation The Wizard Dec 2017 #16

She's not presidential material, in my opinion. This disqualifies her... NurseJackie Dec 2017 #18

Sadly Me. Dec 2017 #51

+1000, she's not even Senatorial material, imo. That was such a lowbrow move, R B Garr Dec 2017 #61

We wont really get a choice, you know. I predict candidates for 2020 will be Gillibrand and Booker lostnfound Dec 2017 #95

That should be true of everybody else who jumped on this bandwagon. yardwork Dec 2017 #31

Too bad. Those two should've known better. brush Dec 2017 #64

It's about what I would have expected from the two of them. comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #71

Hah! Hadn't thought of that. You're probably right. brush Dec 2017 #72

She didn't jump on the bandwagon, she drove it. Merlot Dec 2017 #63

If squeezing a waist during a photo surrounded by witnesses is sexual assault IronLionZion Dec 2017 #4

Creeps me out. I've never had a politician pose with his arm around me or cheek to cheek. SharonClark Dec 2017 #83

The woman in this instance had her arm around Frankens spooky3 Dec 2017 #92

Lots of photos of various politicians with arms around people. LisaL Dec 2017 #96

Two male students asked me for a hug this week spooky3 Dec 2017 #91

To this day I think Franken was a Roger Stone set up. Vinca Dec 2017 #5

This! Va Lefty Dec 2017 #7

agree Rene Dec 2017 #13

Appreciated but, bobGandolf Dec 2017 #8

Of course. Throwing gasoline on the far left to burn Democrats Hortensis Dec 2017 #9

Mika said the Roger Stone/Franken connection needs to be explored. She also said PearliePoo2 Dec 2017 #11

They're also slamming Bill and Hillary Clinton...Yesterday, Mika whathehell Dec 2017 #14

They slammed Hillary throughout the campaign DesertRat Dec 2017 #28

Yes, but I get particularly angry at those who say Hillary "abused" women whathehell Dec 2017 #44

They're trying to undermine her history as a champion for women DesertRat Dec 2017 #47

It's disgraceful how they are using her defeat to rewrite history. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #68

I find it strange that these Butterflylady Dec 2017 #15

Yep. I noticed that too. RVN VET71 Dec 2017 #17

Good point. And the womens claims of sexual harassment were getting more ridiculous over time. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #20

actually that was one of the claims riverwalker Dec 2017 #37

Wow. You're right. I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2017 #24

+1, it would have also been nice to at least see one picture of the alleged "assaults". R B Garr Dec 2017 #62

Hopefully Rebl2 Dec 2017 #21

Somewhere there must be a photo of her greymattermom Dec 2017 #26

Senator Gillibrand put her hands on this young male's butt IronLionZion Dec 2017 #42

Scarred for life, I tell ya! dalton99a Dec 2017 #45

If she's that inappropriate in public, imagine what R B Garr Dec 2017 #65

Yep, where do her hands go while he sleeps? dalton99a Dec 2017 #66

Joe is a Republican who propped up Trump DesertRat Dec 2017 #25

Not as bad as they slammed Hillary Clinton for months oberliner Dec 2017 #32

That is the major reason I avoid watching Morning JOe. every chance he gets, He hits riversedge Dec 2017 #35

Mika too oberliner Dec 2017 #36

Agreed. Mika is even worse than Joe. And that's pretty bad. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #77

Joe and Mika are reprehensible. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #78

That skunk rose to notoriety as one of the inquisition, I mean impeachment, managers Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #98

Exactly. Squinch Dec 2017 #94

Gillebrand didnt even go to his farewell speech riverwalker Dec 2017 #39

Probably too ashamed. I think by now she knows she screwed up. brush Dec 2017 #67

Forcing Franken was a political calculation and standingtall Dec 2017 #43

I notice people trying hard to spin the Alabama win being a result of Franken Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #70

Of course they did. Trumpocalypse Dec 2017 #46

Agree. They love to encourage Democratic infighting. SharonClark Dec 2017 #75

Good. kcr Dec 2017 #49

If gillibrand and her posse... quickesst Dec 2017 #50

Anyone else notice MFM008 Dec 2017 #52

+1 Lucinda Dec 2017 #97

This is the kind of bullshit black women ignore underthematrix Dec 2017 #55

We now know that the pugs were behing the release of that infamous USO photo question everything Dec 2017 #57

For Gillibrand, champion of women sounds much better than champion of big tobacco. jalan48 Dec 2017 #59

Too late for her. The Franken allegations were the wrong issue to champion for women. brush Dec 2017 #69

I think she made more enemies than friends out of this. Demit Dec 2017 #73

I'm not happy about Franken's leaving the Senate eleny Dec 2017 #74

While I dont want to, I agree with you. mountain grammy Dec 2017 #85

+1 Tarheel_Dem Dec 2017 #88

They were correct... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #87

The Morning Joe crew, who normalized a serial molester to the American public, should shut their Squinch Dec 2017 #93