(Photo by Aaron Landry/Flickr)

(Photo by Aaron Landry/Flickr)

Patience — or the lack thereof — is the theme of the day in Franken/Coleman land. Today Al Franken said there will be no attempt by Democrats to seat him in the Senate until Norm Coleman finishes his legal efforts. Meanwhile, Tom Geraty writes of the stoics in “Lake Votebegone” who quietly mark the passing of the seventh week of the Senate contest. But, a past Executive Director of the Brennan Center for Justice, Geraty argues that Minnesotans shouldn’t tolerate a “dithering quest for perfection in elections” and calls for Franken’s win to be promptly certified.

Franken, meeting with Democratic leaders in Washington today, told reporters he was confident he’d pull off a win, saying he sees “the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Leaving a Senate Democratic Caucus lunch today with Franken, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer expressed faith in the three-judge panel hearing the election contest — even if the process is dragging on.

“They’re being fair, that’s why it’s taking a while,” he said. “Minnesotans are very, very fair in this, and they’re making sure that every challenge that Norm Coleman has made is given its due. But … the case is moving very well in our direction.”

It appears that Franken went in the wrong direction today, though, nearly walking in on a meeting of lunching Republicans. Humor intact, Franken said, “They invited me, but I’ve got another meeting.”