Nothing new here - the liberal agenda is to put as many incompetent people in the government as possible in the shortest possible time - this will give the government run by the Democrats legitimacy. Now that they have the power, the canditdates start coming out from under every rock around. What do you know, it's Al Franken.
No, really - the media will sound the alarm that all things are a total mess and what is needed now is a good Democrat to put it right - more taxes and more huge programs that will solve everyone's problems except one: who will pay the bill? - That's an easy one, Hillary has the answer, big oil.
She stated today that she wants to take their profits. After all, it's only right that Mobil should be happy to work for nothing. Marx thought it was a good idea, take from the productive and give to the unproductive, why not Hillary or Al Frankin - look what Al did to the Boy's and Girl's Clubs of New York, sucked them dry. It's that 'greater good' thing, remember. Now he wants to fleece the taxpayers.
Comedian Al Franken to Run for Senate
Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official from Minnesota said Wednesday.
Franken told the official, who did not want to be identified because Franken has not made an announcement, that he had decided to run in a recent conversation.
Andy Barr, the political director of Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee, declined to comment.
The news was not unexpected. Franken has been calling members of the Minnesota congressional delegation to get their input on a run, and he announced this week that he would be leaving his show on Air America Radio on Feb. 14. He told listeners he would be making a decision on a race soon.
In a statement, Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Ron Carey said he was confident Minnesotans "will reject Franken's divisive, scorched-earth attacks." The state Democratic Party declined to comment.
Should he win the Democratic primary in Minnesota, Franken would take on Republican Norm Coleman, a first-term senator who is among the Democrats' top targets. Coleman declined to comment Wednesday.
Franken, 55, was born in New York City, like Coleman, but grew up in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. He was a performer and writer on television's "Saturday Night Live" before writing best-selling books combining humor and politics.
His PAC raised nearly $1 million last year. Although Franken can't use that money for his Senate campaign, it shows he shouldn't have a problem raising money.
Coleman reported about $1.7 million in his bank account as of Dec. 31.
Franken faces major challenges, said Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota. Besides needing to establish himself as a serious candidate, Franken has staked out left-wing policies that make it questionable whether he can win independent voters, Jacobs said.
© 2007 Associated Press.
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