As the ever clueless Non Prof John asks, Can anyone who lives up there give us a sense of what is going on??
Yes PJ, I volunteer. The fact is that Al Frankin may have had a previous career as a comedian, but he is a serious political candidate now. And part of the wind at his back is that Norm Coleman and GWB have done a miserable job, as serious candidates, to deliver the goods to the people of Minnesota or to the people of the United States.
Must I remind you that your hero, Ronald Reagan had a prior career as a B grade actor, Hoover was a mining engineer, Lincoln was a lawyer, Truman was a men's clothing salesman, Wilson was a College Professor, Grant was a ner do well who resigned his military commission, and we have had a diverse variety of successful and not so successful politicians coming from all walks of life. You are an idiot if you think being a comedian disqualifies Al Frankin. Or should I remind you Albert Einstein was a Swiss patient examiner, not exactly the background one would expect for perhaps the most brilliant brain of the 20'th century.
If political time in office were any criteria, the election of 2008 would pit Senator Bird against Senator Ted Stevens.