In Minnesota, we have about 365 Franken voters filing suit so that they can get their votes counted, and Franken has answered Coleman’s suit with one of his own.

Basically he is arguing that Minnesota elections law requires that Franken now be certified the winner by the Secretary of State and Governor, and they are claiming that a different section of that law forbids it.

Hopefully, this is all over in weeks, rather than months.

Meanwhile, in Rahm Emanuel’s old seat, the Chicago machine cannot decide who to get behind, which gives Tom Geoghegan, who is the only one credible candidate outside the Chicago machine a leg up in the special election.

Geoghegan is a long time labor lawyer and activist, and he is the best candidate running.