How Awesome Is This?

I think Minnesota's Senate Race should be subtitled: One Hot Mess. I'm going to start a petition to the Daily Show and push this right now- because it's messy. And getting messier by the day. Not only is Al Franken sucking it up and Norm Coleman just, you know, taking out the trash (according to his ad anyway) but Ventura's out and now Barkley is in.

Dean Barkley, long time adviser to Jesse Ventura and (briefly) a Senator himself. He filed today as an Independence Party candidate (yes, non-Minnesota people, we here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes at least make a nod to real democracy by having a third party. The Independence Party.) Barkley obviously sense an opportunity and he could be right- Coleman is ahead in the polls only by virtue of his opponent. Someone who isn't damaged goods (Franken) would probably point out that Coleman changes his positions to whatever is politically expedient at the time. (A bone of contention with State Republicans: he used to back the President something like 80-90% of the time. That number's more like 60% now that he's up for re-election.)

And now with Franken picking up a primary challenger and under attack for his union views there could be such a moment...

Yep. One Hot Mess.