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Thursday, February 10, 2005
Minnesota Watch to the Fourth Power
In the previous installment of the Basie! "Minnesota Watch" series, Al Franken was considering a bid for the United States Senate. Now it's official...
I would have loved to have seen him in the Senate, but I guess we'll have to wait until 2008.
Comedian and liberal talk show host Al Franken said Thursday he wouldn't run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton next year, saying he was committed to his radio show for two more years.Link.
"I believe in honoring my commitments," Franken said. "I agreed to do two more years on Air America radio."
Franken, a veteran of "Saturday Night Live," was born in New York City and lives there now, but grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis. He had talked about the possibility of challenging Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., in 2008, but Dayton's departure gave him the chance to run earlier without challenging an incumbent Democrat.
I would have loved to have seen him in the Senate, but I guess we'll have to wait until 2008.
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