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Who took the cake?

Or as the Irish would say: It has gone beyond the beyonds.

A Mankato (Minnesota) senator, for example, mistook the cake prepared for another senator, a political rival, as her own and ate it. The local Free Press (May 25, 2008) reported this “grave” mistake in detail:

Mankato Sen. Kathy Sheran found out on the final day of the legislative session that you can, in fact, have another senator’s cake and eat it, too.

Sheran has been telling the story as an example of how deep the bipartisan spirit of cooperation was running in the final weekend of the session. Last Sunday was her 61st birthday, and it was made a happy one by the success of Democratic legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty in reaching a budget agreement the night before.

Sheran celebrated in part by asking her legislative assistant to order birthday cake to share with her Senate colleagues.

When Sheran noticed the arrival of two large and beautiful cakes, she invited senators and staff to have a slice and enjoyed some herself. Later in the day, smaller and frumpier birthday cakes arrived with Sheran’s name on them.

The first-term Democrat was mortified to realize she’d eaten, given away and taken credit for another senator’s cakes. To make matters worse, the other senator was a Republican.