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Mr. Franken Goes to Washington (He Hopes)
It’s been long speculated that comedian and (now) former Air America radio host Al Franken would make a run for Congress, and now he’s made it official, announcing his Senatorial intentions. He’ll be running as a Democrat in Minnesota and hopes to win the nomination, so that he can go up against Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in 2008.
He’s got a nice official-like website, and has even put out an introductory how-you-do video (scroll on down to watch it yourself). It’s quite an interesting piece, explaining what it means to him to be a “progressive,” and showing his serious intent. And it’s also a pretty smart political piece, showing that he’s clearly got some good political advisors in his wing (he hits on family values, names tons of Minnesota places he’s been recently, and name drops both Bill Clinton and Paul Wellstone). I’ve always liked Franken and would love to see him pull this off, but we’ll have to wait and see if he’s good enough, smart enough and if, doggone it, people like him.
