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Senator Al Franken. Music to my ears, and fingernails on a chalk board to Bill O'Reilly's....hehe. Gotta' love it. Give 'em hell Al. He got the biggest hug from Bernie Sanders. You know he's happy to have him there.

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken Sworn in With Paul Wellstone Bible:

Jul. 7--WASHINGTON -- With his hand on a Bible that belonged to the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, Al Franken today was sworn into the U.S. Senate.

He was walked down the aisle by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota and former Vice President Walter Mondale, also a former Democratic Senate member from Minnesota. It is the ritual for senators-elect to be escorted by the member from their delegation.

Before the oath, Klobuchar introduced Franken to the Senate in brief remarks, recalling his work as a comic, his upbringing in St. Louis Park, and compared his energy and passion to that of Wellstone.

"Despite a little delay... it's been 246 days since Election day... Al Franken now joins me in representing the state of Minnesota," Klobuchar said.

Vice President Joe Biden administered the short solemn oath of office.

The oath read: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

And with that, he begame Minnesota's junior senator.

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Poor Bill'O. He finally had to admit that Franken is a United States Senator. Bill thinks the country is in "deep trouble" now that Franken is being sworn in. Want proof? Just buy his book...lol.

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Harry Reid greets Al Franken at the Senate today. He'll be sworn in tomorrow afternoon. Of course Reid couldn't pass up the opportunity to remind everyone not to expect anything different from the Democrats in the Senate.

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Someone please tell me this means we are finally going to see a Sen. Al Franken some time in the next week or so. If Pawlenty actually signs the election certification once the Minnesota Supreme Court makes its ruling, it's about damned time. Enough with the games Governor.

KING: Welcome back to State of the Union. Let's continue our conversation with Minnesota's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty.

Governor, I want to move on to what you think ails the national Republican Party. But first, a question that is very personal to you. Your state has only had one United States senator since the election because of the disputed election between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.

Your state supreme court has a ruling before it, it could come very soon. After that ruling, the next step would be for you to certify the election. Will you certify the election based on your state's supreme court ruling, is that for you?

PAWLENTY: I'm going to follow the direction of the court, John. We expect that ruling any day now. I also expect them to give guidance and direction as to the certificate of election. I'm prepared to sign it as soon as they give the green light.

KING: And so if Norm Coleman loses at the state supreme court and says he's going to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, will you give him that time or will you say, sorry, Senator Coleman, our state supreme court, our highest court in this state, has spoken, and I will follow their lead?

PAWLENTY: Well, a federal court could stay or put a limit on or stop the effect of the state court ruling. If they chose, if they do that, I would certainly follow their direction. But if that doesn't happen promptly or drags out for any period of time, then we need to move ahead with signing this, particularly if I'm ordered to do that by the state court. KING: And if you're ordered to do it and they say Al Franken has narrowly won the election, you're prepared to sign it, if the court says so.

PAWLENTY: I'm not going to defy an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. That would be a dereliction of my duty. But a federal court could weigh in and say, don't do that and order a different result.

Jesse Ventura announced to the world last night that he will not challenge Norm Coleman and Al Franken in the Minnesota Senate race, and managed to get a funny jab in at President Bush's "personal" relationship with God.

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And so I will tell you now, I am not going to run at this moment. But if between now and 5:00 maybe God comes and speaks to me like he did the president, and tells me I should run, like he apparently told the president to invade Iraq, well, then maybe at 5:00 tomorrow, Larry, don't call me a liar, just understand God sent me to file.