Congratulations Senator-Elect Al Franken!

Tom Davis (0.00 / 0)

I'll bet if you showed someone that clip, and asked them to pick the future senator ...

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by: JimC @ Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 15:38:10 PM CDT

No'm Sayn? (0.00 / 0)

Franken will be our Palin.

Need $$$$? Call Al Franken!  

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com
www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 16:27:00 PM CDT

You got that right! (4.00 / 2)

my phone is rining off the hook with state chairs who want him for their annual dinners!

Democrats solve problems, Republicans sit and say no.

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by: Ray Buckley @ Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 17:16:41 PM CDT

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Had this race dragged on to the end of the year ... (0.00 / 0)

....before being decided: the the Al Franken Decade could really begin.


 "We should pay attention to that man behind the curtain."

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by: Ed Tracey @ Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 16:42:24 PM CDT

In the words of another rock superstar (0.00 / 0)

effing brilliant.

You GO Al!

...the Doo Dah Man once told me you've got to play your hand. Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime if you don't lay 'em down.

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by: rambler american @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 04:25:43 AM CDT

60 (4.00 / 1)

Or so.

His 1994 mission to kill health care utilized the same "death by compromise" tactic he seemingly plans to use now. But even if an observer somehow missed all of the above, his aversion to health care reform extended to his presidential run. In 2003, here's how one notable Democrat reacted to a Lieberman attack on Dick Gephardt's universal health care plan:

Mr. Lieberman, in a remark in the debate that was endorsed by aides to many of Mr. Gephardt's rivals today, suggested that Mr. Gephardt's health care plan could prove an irresistible target to Republicans should he win the nomination. Mr. Lieberman lumped the plan with "big-spending Democratic ideas of the past, adding, "We can't afford them.'...

How, [opponent's aides] asked, could a Democrat who is such a staunch supporter of the war, and who questioned the practicality of an ambitious universal health care plan, survive the left-leaning electorate that dominates the Democratic nominating process?

"What he's saying to Democratic voters is, 'You may not agree with me on major issues, but voters outside our party do, so I can win -- therefore vote for me,'" said David Axelrod, an adviser to Mr. Edwards. "I think it's a difficult task to win a nomination like that. There is a core, a heart and soul to the party, and you have to speak to it. You don't have to make yourself unelectable to win."

http://myleftnutmeg.com/diary/...

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by: JimC @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 13:37:46 PM CDT

Painful to read. n/t (4.00 / 1)

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by: Dean Barker @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 15:01:26 PM CDT

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