In Minnesota, the recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman continues, with razor thin margins twoing and threeing this way and that as fistfuls of votes strangely appear, or appear uncounted. The MSM’s Chuck Todd tells us to be very worried about a Franken victory. He alternates between asking Joe Lieberman/McCarthy-like questions ("Is Franken a Marxist? It’s a good question."), and giving WMD-like warnings about what a victory for Al Franken would mean:

Call it the price of success, or something less flattering, but Chuck Todd is now just mailing it in by simply retelling what the serious people in Washington tell him. In this case it’s "very senior Democrats" who are "concerned" what sort of message an Al Franken win in Minnesota would send to the electorate.

Chuck and the MSM have it backwards. The real question is, "What would Minnesotans be saying to the Beltway Villagers by naming progressive Al Franken as their newest senator?"

Except that that’s a substantive question, and the MSM ignores them like a penny dropped down the back of the fraternity’s oldest sofa. Exploring answers to questions like that might require more work than hair gel. It might disclose how unconcerned it and Beltway Villagers are with the needs and concerns of ordinary Americans, those who don’t live off trust funds, lobbying fees or government contracts.

Chuck must feel a little safer today, though, because in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss sprinted to victory with 58-to-42 margin. Chambliss is famous for touting his state’s anti-union laws and for smearing decorated veteran, multiple amputee and former senator Max Cleland as "unpatriotic". I hope his win means that 58% of Georgians think he was successful in promoting the general welfare of all Georgians, rather than because he opposes everything the president elect, "that guy, there", stands for.