After months of litigation, Al Franken has been declared the winner of the Senate race in Minnesota.  He will be the 60th Democrat in the Senate, which could enable the Democrats to override a filibuster in the Senate. 

So the question becomes where does Senator Franken stand on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)?  Just as a reminder, this is the bill, which gives unions the right to organize by showing that a majority of employees signed cards and it basically does away with secret ballot elections.

Here is Senator Franken’s answer:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UZz-Bihj8EM%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1%26

Ouch.  He doesn’t sugarcoat it, does he?  Senator Franken is a big supporter of EFCA.  So, what does this mean?  It makes it more likely that Democrats will push the original bill forward in the Senate or will not compromise (too much) on the original terms.  Stay tuned. The EFCA drama is likely to play out in 2009.