For a minute there today, I thought Franken was going to man up.
By then end of the presser, I realized he’d Shrank ‘em.
Typical Democrat, big mouth until they are found to be doing the sorts of things they falsely accused others of.
Well, that's exactly why they do it. As a self-defense mechanism they then will say: "Hey!...everybody does it."
My impression also.
Without doubt, Alfranken is a prick. His behavior toward women is just one of the many aspect of his personality that make his staff and others loathe him, but he managed to steal enough votes to get elected and now enjoys the incumbent advantage. And Minnesota is a goofball-ish state.
He has been effectively neutered and knows it. He has zero chances left, so while he may still be an ahole, his promise that “this will not happen again” will probably come true. What the voters think is yet to be determined, but it seems to me there is no gain for our side by forcing him to resign and having him replaced by the most liberal nutjob Democrat Mark Dayton can find, who would then enjoy the incumbent advantage him/herself in the next election. A known but broken Franken is better than an unknown.
The only reason I can think of to force Franken out would be if the Senate were to push through a party-line vote before the vacancy is filled, but Yertle shows no signs of such thinking.