Pre-Ramble: Minnesota Musical Chairs is a game played by a group of people (usually children or senators) often in an informal setting, like Congress. The game starts with two candidates and one U.S. Senate seat. Local election officials recount ballots and attorneys for each player issue statements to the press while the candidates circle the contested seat.  When election officials stop counting, the players scramble for the nearest bank of microphones. The first one to declare himself the winner is free to assume that he will be seated as the junior senator from Minnesota, while the one left out begins legal proceedings. Everyone gets cupcakes while a special three-judge panel examines “inconsistencies” and “irregularities” and then the game begins again.

Minnesota Musical Chairs goes on until one candidate can no longer afford the gigantic legal bills, both candidates are declared complete idiots by their constituents, or mom steps in and sends everybody home.

Note: A similar game is played in Illinois called Monkey-in-the-Middle. Also played out in the media, it involves a corrupt, foul-mouthed Governor, a bunch of riled-up senators, and a blind-sided former Illinois Attorney General. 

The Take-Away: Party on!

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