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...Franken stumbled as the left's answer to Limbaugh. That experiment--the network Air America--has been struggling ever since it debuted in 2004. Franken left Air America in February, when he declared he would run for Senate; federal regulations prevent that kind of free airtime. It was just as well: the show was deadweight on an otherwise successful career...
Cruising through the St. Paul caucuses, Franken keeps up a constant patter as he chases voters. When he announces he needs to use the "boys' room," an aide reminds him to make sure his pants are zipped. He banters back, "Afterward, right. During--now that would be a disaster...
...every aspect of the campaign is so easy to master. Franken walks into a precinct meeting and has already begun his 60-second stump speech when the audience's slightly puzzled expressions prompt him to ask, "Have I interrupted the process?" A beat of silence. "That's O.K.," someone says. Slightly rattled, Franken ends quickly. I'm not sure if he hears it when someone calls, "Yeah, who are you?" Fortunately, someone else answers for him: "That was Al Franken...
...course, he can't count on their votes. The primaries are more than a year away, and Minnesotans don't like to be rushed. I ask one woman who has just requested Franken's autograph if she plans to support him, and she replies, "I haven't a clue...
...last stop of the night, Franken ends with a now perfected kicker: "And I can count on all of you?" Laughter ripples through the room. Franken chuckles too and then, as usual, goes further, deadpanning, "I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent. So thank you--it's now a moral obligation, and I'm holding you to it." The laughter is louder than ever...