Idiotic nonsense. There is every reason to expect some substantive business to occur in the lame duck session of Congress, and Ventura would be derelict in his duties if he failed to provide Minnesota with both of its Constitutionally alloted votes in the Senate.
As for your dissatisfaction with his selection of Barkley, put some ice on it. Ventura is the lawfully elected governor, and the law places that decision in his hands.
Huh? Ventura explicitly addressed the "ongoing election situation" -- by condemning the Democrats' Wellstone funeral/rally.
Ventura did not want to name the prolife Coleman had he won because to Ventura abortion "rights" is the most important political issue.
Ventura also specifically refused to appointed a Democrat because of the Wellstone funeral. And he chose to appoint someone before the election, before he had any idea who would win.
As I heard it reported, it was expected that since Wellstone was a Dem, that Ventura was expected/obligated to appoint a Dem. Ventura essentially said "screw you" to the Dems.
Ventura rose above Demopublican politics, and gave the finger to both parties -- kudos to him!
As for Colemna's prolife policies, who cares? Abortion is here to stay. Get used to it.