Biden meets with Franken

In a sweet move, Vice President Joe Biden met with Al Franken today, getting him up to speed on events in the capital and prepping him to take the Senate seat he won months and months and months ago. After the meeting, which was closed to the press, the vice president's office issued the following statement on Biden's behalf:

The election process and recount in Minnesota have lived up to the state's reputation for organization, transparency, and bipartisanship.  The officials have been meticulous and every ruling has been unanimous.

While Senator Amy Klobuchar is one of the hardest working members of the United States Senate, Minnesotans deserve their full representation.

Once the Minnesota Supreme Court has issued its final ruling in this case, the President and I look forward to working with Mr. Franken on building an economy for the 21st century.

(Photo courtesy of the White House)

As usual, our own WineRev is keeping meticulous track of where the labyrinthine legal weasling of the Norm Coleman campaign stands, and he lets loose today with some righteous whoop-ass on Arlen Specter.