Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken next week.
The newly minted National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman said he had not whipped votes in the GOP caucus, but added that he could not imagine any members defecting and seating Franken without a certificate of election.
Franken will not have that certificate as long as the election is challenged in the courts - a likely scenario, with Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) legal team already attacking the credibility of the recount process.
"This is a very, very serious matter," Cornyn said. "I can assure you that there will be no way that people on our side of the aisle will agree to seat any senator without a valid certificate."
Of course, Norm Coleman could drop his legal challenges and there would be a certificate of election. But that would just burst poor Johnny Boy's bubble of bluster.
