Al Franken recovers Wellstone’s senate seat

After a very close race and extended legal battle, Al Franken is finally going to be seated as the junior Senator from Minnesota, joining Amy Klobuchar in the fight to return a beautiful midwestern state to its progressive roots:

So now the GOP feels like the floor fell out from beneath them. In a way I sympathize, but then I remember the bumper stickers after Wellstone’s death that said “he’s dead, get over it.”