I never thought I'd see the day when Al Franken and a five-term Republican gave a black President a supermajority in the US Senate (pending the completion of the Everlasting Recount). What next, affordable healthcare that takes the shackles off millions of Americans who are dependent on their corporate employers to insure them? I guess Chris Matthews isn't running as once thought, but who was eyeing the primary originally, and will they still?

I feel like I'm living a Rod Lurie movie. I'd say like The Contender in plot, but more Deterrence in thrilling effect. There may be something for making a cable drama of a senior Republican switching parties, an HBO miniseries or movie. Everyone who tuned in for Recount would watch it. In absence of that, I'd go rent or buy Nothing But the Truth and celebrate real political drama on film. Arlen Specter must have waited until today to help promote the DVD release of an excellent movie that never should have gone direct to video. Having not seen it, I'm assuming quality based on pedigree and word of mouth from those I trust on political thrillers. Now that I can get my hands on it, expect a review soon.