Al Franken Wins Senate Seat & $95,000 From the GOP!

Yes, the prize from last year's cliffhanger for winner Al Franken was a Minnesota senate seat and $95,000.

The GOP sent a cheque to Senator Franken for the legal costs in a lawsuit during the back-and-forth with Norm Coleman.

Telling The Truthiness Says ; Franken should have gambled the money and possible gone on to win a speedboat in the final
round.

Saunter To The White House 152 ; The Race Is Over

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Whoever could have predicted that the end of the 2008 US Election would rest with Al Franken being sworn in as a Senator for Minnesota?

Tell The Truthiness Says ; He already looks and hopefully will act the part as he's said he's "not going to waste this chance." We're all hoping the same thing.

Saunter To The White House 151 ; Minnesota Is Nearly There

The Minnesota Supreme Court will decide, hopefully soon, as to who the second rightful Senator is of the state.

Indications of the hearings point to Al Franken having a far stronger position in the eyes of the court than Norm Coleman.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Finally, the election from last year is nearly over, nearly... hopefully.

Keith Olbermann's 5th & Last Campaign Comment

Yes, a little, this month in review, if you like, starting with this snippet from Countdown, originally broadcast on Wednesday 5th of November.

The Moment It All Changed

Here's a video of the moment, at 11pm Eastern Time last night, when, as the polls closed in Oregon, California and Washington state, Barack Obama won enough electoral votes to put him beyond the 270 needed to become the next President.

Stephen Colbert Gets Teary On Indecision 2008

The President-Elect's Acceptance Speech

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Yes, we did.

Teetering On The Brink Of History

Nearly... just nearly.

Watch Streaming Coverage On MSNBC Here

Click below, wherever you might be and watch history as it's made ;

Saunter To The White House 152 ; Seth Meyers On SNL's Influence

A Nightly News interview with Saturday Night Live head writer and anchor of Weekend Update, Seth Meyers. He talks about the candidates appearances, the show's rediscovered relevance and more.

Saunter To The White House 151 ; McCain Does His Best On Weekend Update

Saunter To The White House 148 ; 1000 Students Line Up To Vote At 7am At Penn State

Saunter To The White House 147 ; Obama To Appear On The Daily Show Wednesday

Barack Obama is scheduled to appear on Comedy Central's The Daily Show tomorrow, in the midst of his 30 minute network ad that is happening on Wednesday as well.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Would he consider doing the double and going on The Colbert Report too?

Campbell Brown On The Daily Show

Healthy Competition ; MSNBC Beats CNN In October

For primetime during October, the place for politics is MSNBC, second-place wise, that is.

The latest ratings for the month show the GE owned cable channel beating CNN into third place for the first time.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Well done Rachel, Keith and Chris.

SNL's Biden Does What He Can To Lose It For Obama

A solid cold-open for Saturday's show ;

Palin's Failin's 8 ; Alaska Funded Palin's Kid's Travel

If you're an Alaskan tax payer, prepare for a hike in the near future as you're paying for Governor Palin's travel for her children.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Are they going coach or first, that's what we'd like to know.

McCain's Campaign Crumbles With 'In The Membrane'

From last night's show ;

Saunter To The White House 143 ; Colin Powell Endorses Obama

The former Secretary Of State, Colin Powell, has endorsed Barack Obama.

Here he is on this morning's Meet The Press ;



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Now, we're just awaiting Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld to endorse. We know it'll happen, don't you?

Saunter To The White House 142 ; Post Debate Analysis

Here's some of MSNBC Countdown's post-debate analysis ;

McCain shines for his base ;



Abortion and the candidates ;