Are Republicans losing control of the tea-bagging movement? That’s what it looked like in Texas this weekend — and possibly around the country as well.
The transformation from comedian to senator is complete. Harry Reid and Al Franken held a presser this morning, and Franken, who will be sworn in tomorrow, came off as the more serious and sober of the two (Watch).
It’s going to take some time being measured and monotone to put to rest his image as a rowdy bombthrower (which is both embraced and reviled by the right — take, for example, this fake photo of Franken still making the rounds and being passed off as legit). Somewhere between the obnoxious Franken and the straight-arrow Minnesotan is a truly witty guy. I look forward to it being safe for that Franken to emerge.
Palin’s attorney: Her resignation is “really a form of self-sacrifice.”
TPM Reader KM:
I’m sweltering down here in Houston and reflecting that it wasn’t so long ago that Texas had the looniest governor in the nation. My how the bar has been raised.
The National Review‘s new cover features “Dr. Obama” slipping on a latex glove.