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...Minnesota G.O.P. has called Franken an opposition researcher's "dream." On the surface, he looks great next to the SNL alums who have been caught with a hooker or killed by drugs. Franken, 55, lives in a nondescript town house in downtown Minneapolis with his wife Franni and their dog. (They have a grown daughter and a son in college.) And while he has admitted to using cocaine in his TV days, his only real habit now is Diet Pepsi...
...does, however, have a paper trail: reams of pointed jokes and hours of transcripts in which he is hostile, at times crude. Mark Drake, spokesman for the Minnesota G.O.P., says he understands that Franken's remarks are mostly jokes but reminds me, "He once referred to Republican politicians as shameless [expletive we don't print]. I don't think voters will like that...
Drake says the jokes get at a "larger truth" about Franken: he's got an anger issue. He once literally tackled a stubborn heckler at a Howard Dean rally after the security staff failed to eject the man. And at the 2003 White House correspondents' dinner, he greeted Karl Rove with the words "I hate you." (Franken has said they just "gibed each other a little...
...Democratic voters are angry too. According to the campaign, Franken raised more than $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2007--this despite having been an official candidate for only 45 days. At a series of stops during the recent Democratic caucus night in St. Paul, voters cheered Franken when he talked about "taking out" Coleman. They laughed at his jokes. But being entertained by someone doesn't necessarily mean you agree with him. And it certainly doesn't mean you'll vote for him. To win the seat, Franken will need to convince voters that his past remarks were...
...Franken has been building out his repertoire for years. In 1996 he expanded the Al Franken brand with his book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, which became a No. 1 New York Times best seller. Four other best sellers followed...