Al Franken received the Democratic Farmer Labor Party nomination for U.S. Senate at the state convention in Rochester yesterday. Franken comes to the nomination with a lot of baggage, primarily his work as a satirist and comedian. My congresswoman, Betty McCollum, suggested that Franken would not be the best nominee for the State of Minnesota because of his long history of offensive comments and jokes, especially a piece he wrote for Playboy some years ago, and did not appear with him as he accepted the nomination. Senator Amy Klobucher, who remained neutral, did embrace Franken at the convention. Franken apologized in his acceptance speech, but he will have to continue to be contrite during the campaign. It is notable that the chair of the DFL Feminist Caucus resigned in protest. There could be trouble ahead. The Party leadership, of course, is predicting a victory in November, but I believe it will be a very close race because Republican Norm Coleman, the incumbent, has been distancing himself from the Bush administration for months.
I am going to turn my attention away from presidential politics to work for Al Franken. I am hoping that Hillary Clinton will be the next majority leader of the Senate.
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